[strictnein]

Not saying this is called for or legal or anything of the sort, but you can find pictures of some of the boats being destroyed. These aren't fishing boats:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd9k2w8ell0o

https://abcnews.go.com/International/4-killed-latest-us-stri...

Again, I don't support these actions, just pointing out that at least some of these boats are very obviously being used for one thing and one thing only.

[burkaman]

> very obviously being used for one thing and one thing only

Can you explain this? I agree they are not fishing boats but I don't understand how anything beyond that is obvious. Is smuggling the only possible use for that boat? Are drugs the only thing that can be smuggled?

[standardUser]

Great, then track them to their destination and make arrests. I can't conceive of any capital crime they've committed, can you? Plus, then there's a chance to disrupt someone other than the lowest-level operators.

[bdangubic]

> track them to their destination and make arrests

so we gonna invade countries, US military boots on the ground at ports where the destination might be? :)

[xtiansimon]

> “These aren't fishing boats…these boats are very obviously being used for one thing and one thing only.”

It looks like a deep sea panga boat used for fishing. I’m not a sailor so it’s not obvious to me why the destroyed boat pictured is a …well… for one thing only.

Here’s a video of YouTuber ItchyBoots taking a boat around the Darien Gap. [1] What does this look like? (start from “Entrada” sign on the beach).

If the destroyed boat is different, it’s because it has three outboard motors and not just one. Still has the same open design.

I mean, it’s not a “cigar boat” [2].

Adding two more outboards seems same to me as my neighbor who drives a Dodge 3500.

[1]: Starts at 16:00 https://youtu.be/2wjLdLbpzxY

[2]: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QK_7pNhbAA4