Reuters
USA Today
What the articles say:
- When it happened: September 2nd, 2025
- US military strikes suspected drug boat in Caribbean
- No US forces were harmed
- 11 alleged Tren de Aragua members killed
- Tren de Arugua is designated as a terrorist group, per the US
What the articles don’t say:
- There is a 1986 MDLEA Law that can apply to this, read more.
Executive Summary
The Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA), enacted in 1986 as part of broader U.S. anti‑drug legislation, gives U.S. authorities broad power to treat drug trafficking on the high seas as a U.S. crime and to board, seize, and prosecute covered vessels and their crews even outside U.S. territory. The statute extends U.S. jurisdiction to U.S. and some foreign‑flagged or stateless vessels, and its provisions have produced mandatory minimum sentences and recurring constitutional and international‑law challenges since enactment.
Executive Summary
Monroe Doctrine, (December 2, 1823), cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy enunciated by Pres. James Monroe in his annual message to Congress. Declaring that the Old World and New World had different systems and must remain distinct spheres, Monroe made four basic points: (1) the United States would not interfere in the internal affairs of or the wars between European powers; (2) the United States recognized and would not interfere with existing colonies and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere; (3) the Western Hemisphere was closed to future colonization; and (4) any attempt by a European power to oppress or control any nation in the Western Hemisphere would be viewed as a hostile act against the United States
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