"I do believe I'll be the honor of -- having the honor of taking Cuba,"

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The U.S. just killed five more people in its latest boat strikes. The death toll of these extrajudicial killings is almost 170 civilians.

And more deaths are on the horizon.

Pentagon Reveals Attacks in Latin America Are Just the Beginning

theintercept.com/2026/03/23/t...

The U.S. just killed five more people in its latest boat strikes. The death toll of these extrajudicial killings is almost 170 civilians.

And more deaths are on the horizon.

Pentagon Reveals Attacks in Latin America Are Just the Beginning
theintercept.com/2026/03/23/t...

— Nick Turse (@nickturse.bsky.social) 2026-04-13T00:02:40.585Z

Pentagon Reveals Attacks in Latin America Are Just the Beginning

With “Operation Total Extermination” and Trump’s threats against Cuba, expect more U.S. military strikes in the region.

As the Trump administration continues to bombard Iran, a top Pentagon official revealed that U.S. wars in the Western Hemisphere are also expanding, unveiling an effort dubbed “Operation Total Extermination.”

Attacks on Latin American drug cartels are “just the beginning” Joseph Humire, the acting assistant secretary of war for homeland defense and Americas security affairs, told members of the House Armed Services Committee last week.

Humire indicated that many more strikes in Latin America are on the horizon. The comments came a day after President Donald Trump again teased American annexation of Cuba. “I do believe I’ll be the honor of — having the honor of taking Cuba,” Trump said last week. “Whether I free it, take it, I think I can do anything I want with it.”

https://theintercept.com/2026/03/23/trump-operation-total-extermination-ecuador-colombia-cuba/