AP Uses 'Nuanced' to Admit Destroyed Venezuelan Boats Carried Drugs

[pjcomix]

Despite detailed photographic evidence to the contrary, many liberals continue to assert that the Venezuelan boats recently destroyed by the U.S. Navy are merely fishing, not drug, boats. The Associated Press has jumped into the fray and in a roundabout "nuanced" way admitted that the destroyed boats are indeed drug boats. The "nuance" comes in via the AP asserting that among the crews of the drug boats, some worked mostly as fishermen or other low paying jobs with drug smuggling only as a side gig to boost their income.

The AP reluctantly made the 'nuanced' admission that the destroyed boats were drug boats on Friday with this report by Reginia Garcia Cano, "Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced."

https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/pj-gladnick/2025/11/10/ap-uses-nuanced-admit-destroyed-venezuelan-boats-carried-drugs

[Wingnut]

.....sorry it went down like this, and someone had to lose
It's the nature of the business, it's the smuggler's blues
Smuggler's blues.

[MeganC]

The 55 gallon drums in these boats were not full of fish.

[Cyber Liberty]

The 55 gallon drums in these boats were not full of fish.

AP is making the argument about that is whether the drums contain cocaine or fentanyl.  To me, what difference does that make?

[BobfromWB]

The 55 gallon drums in these boats were not full of fish.

The drums are full of fuel so the boat can either get to the next island in the chain, starting with Aruba, and unload or reach a pre-positioned boat with more fuel to get to Puerto Rico/the Florida Keys. The drugs are wrapped in waterproof bales.

Watch the Discovery Chanel's "To catch a smuggler," this season, episode 2 to see how these boats were sometimes intercepted prior to 47. They show the drug loads from the few they were able to catch, even with a helicopter some got away.

[Fishrrman]

Keep racking up those kills...!

Blow them out of the water.
As many as you can find.

[MeganC]

AP is making the argument about that is whether the drums contain cocaine or fentanyl.  To me, what difference does that make?

Agreed. A target is a target.