US military kills three 'narco-terrorists' in Caribbean and Pacific strikes, vessel obliterated

The US military’s campaign against 'narco-terrorists' is now a matter of counting bodies and sinking boats. This week, three alleged 'narco-terrorists' were killed in strikes spanning the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific; the press coverage focuses on the lethal force and the obliteration of a suspected vessel. The Washington Examiner and Fox News both reported the numbers: three dead, a vessel destroyed, and the victory declared. The operation reads less like a surgical intervention than a game of Battleship: the vessel is sunk, the scoreboard is tallied, and the narrative is set. But the scoreboard is always three down, zero up for the communities caught in the crossfire. The war on drugs is rendered as a series of naval strikes, with the win measured in bodies rather than outcomes. The stakes remain: the cycle of destruction continues, with the people living in these zones bearing the cost. The press treats each strike as a win, but the long-term impact is left uncounted.