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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social

Tren de Aragua experts say the group has never been involved in intl drug trafficking and calls claims boat was part of major narco-trafficking "absurd." A Latin American think tank said sources in Venezuela told them them the boat "may have been carrying migrants" insightcrime.org/es/noticias/...

sep 5, 2025, 9:15 pm • 221 79

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iammenotu.bsky.social @iammenotu.bsky.social

No one will ever know the truth unless journalists investigate the origin of the boat. That journalist then better take extreme care of themselves and their sources.

sep 7, 2025, 5:20 am • 0 0 • view
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Eddy St Clair @eddystcclair.bsky.social

Will the U.S. blow up its own boats? There have been confirmed cases where individuals or small groups within the military have trafficked drugs into the United States, leading to investigations and criminal charges. Drugs have been smuggled in the caskets of returning dead soldiers.

sep 9, 2025, 6:43 am • 0 0 • view
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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social

Local Venezuelan reporting says the boat was headed for Trinidad. elpitazo.net/politica/lut...

sep 5, 2025, 9:44 pm • 63 16 • view
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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social

“Mr. Rubio had said on Tuesday that it was going to Trinidad, while Mr. Trump said the United States. On Wednesday, Mr. Rubio changed his version, saying the drug-laden boat was bound for the United States.”

sep 5, 2025, 9:48 pm • 57 12 • view
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Dr. Strangepork @julstrangepork.bsky.social

I missed that he changed his statement. Thank you for posting all this.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that the drugs aboard the vessel were likely headed to Trinidad or elsewhere in the Caribbean.
sep 5, 2025, 11:05 pm • 5 0 • view
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Turd Furgeson @drturdferguson.bsky.social

It certainly wouldn't have had enough gas to anywhere but a nearby Caribbean island.

sep 5, 2025, 9:46 pm • 8 0 • view
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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social

This reporting seems solid

sep 5, 2025, 9:47 pm • 5 0 • view
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Sagittarius A* @sagastar.bsky.social

also just look at the hull you would die in the attempt

sep 5, 2025, 10:14 pm • 1 0 • view
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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social

Just clarifying that the experts seem to mean that there's no evidence the boat was part of a Tren de Aragua massive drug operation as claimed, not that there were no drugs on board

sep 5, 2025, 9:40 pm • 23 3 • view
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Victory L. [🇨🇦🇵🇱🇺🇦🇦🇹🇪🇬] @victoryrenfrew.bsky.social

It's highly unlikely that a group like TDA would use a tiny 16 ft boat to traffic drugs when they typically use large shipping containers. 😂🤣 Trump murderered innocent people.

sep 5, 2025, 9:47 pm • 5 1 • view
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Dr. Goodknight @drgoodknight.bsky.social

Waiting for them to photoshop tattoos on the boat

sep 5, 2025, 10:00 pm • 4 0 • view
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potch-hctop47.bsky.social @potch-hctop47.bsky.social

Try them for murder

sep 5, 2025, 9:28 pm • 2 0 • view
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Tucker Drake @tuckerdrake.bsky.social

Crimes against humanity.

sep 5, 2025, 9:33 pm • 1 0 • view
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Dr. Goodknight @drgoodknight.bsky.social

Too bad nothing will happen

sep 5, 2025, 9:58 pm • 1 0 • view
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Robert M (@rob11563@mastodon.coffee) @rob11563.bsky.social

sickening

sep 5, 2025, 9:17 pm • 2 0 • view