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Latest US military strike on alleged drug boat kills four in Caribbean

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UN warns US boat strikes in the Caribbean counter-drug war may violate international law and human rights principles.

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Both outlets frame the story around the latest U.S. military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean and the reported death toll of four. The Hill foregrounds the Southcom announcement and uses its description of the vessel as a “go-fast boat” on “established narco-trafficking routes,” while Al Jazeera uniquely foregrounds a UN warning that the strikes may violate international law and human rights principles.

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