U.S. Kills 3 on Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs for Colombian Rebels NYT | Top Stories Carol Rosenberg, Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt 20 October 2025 at 03:37 It was the seventh known strike in President Trump’s military campaign of attacking, rather than arresting, those suspected of running drugs in the Caribbean. © Martin Bernetti/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesA U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer docked near the entrance to the Panama Canal last month.