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4. A human (or drug) smuggling run from Venezuela to the U.S. coast would be at least 1400 miles.

Reply to deminks (Original post)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 09:53 PM

Sep 3

These people were in a small, slow Venezuelan Pinero work boat, a rather primitive type of open fishing vessel powered by small outboards with very limited range. With good weather it might make it to one of the islands off the coast of Venezuela. There's absolutely no way this vessel could smuggle anything into the U.S.

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Was the boat Trump blew up carrying 'migrants', not drugs? NYT [View all] deminks Sep 3 OP

Trump's hatred of brown people is becoming more sadistic and cruel by the day. Irish_Dem Sep 3 #1

11 people needed to smuggle a boatload of drugs? Bernardo de La Paz Sep 3 #2

Could be 9 people being smuggled and no drugs. gab13by13 Sep 3 #5

Who can tell? Disaffected Thursday #19

Wouldn't surprise me. Trump tried to B.See Sep 3 #3

A human (or drug) smuggling run from Venezuela to the U.S. coast would be at least 1400 miles. sop Sep 3 #4

If you're out in your boat gab13by13 Sep 3 #6

It was cold-blooded murder of innocent people. John1956PA Sep 3 #8

that is the reason Trump ordered popsdenver Sep 3 #17

That boat was obviously modified before we go down that path... Melon Thursday #21

That boat did not have "4 high horsepower engines" on the transom, they were probably less than 50-70 hp each. sop Thursday #24

I am very familiar with offshore race boats Melon Thursday #25

That boat isn't going much faster than 25 mph, amd those engines look like small Yamahas, probably 40-70 hp. sop Thursday #27

For all we know, they all could have been US citizens. bluedigger Sep 3 #7

I believe it. Trump and his kids love drugs newdeal2 Sep 3 #9

We'll never know misanthrope Sep 3 #10

One thing we do know is that what we watched happen to that boat was cold blooded murder. GoodRaisin Sep 3 #11

What "heart"? Traitor has Murder in Cha Thursday #22

Were there children in the boat? Bernardo de La Paz Sep 3 #12

Chances are, we will never know Hekate Sep 3 #14

If you could afford it, would you walk your children through Colombian jungles or go by speedboat to Florida? Bernardo de La Paz Sep 3 #15

How would such a small boat make it all the way to the US? nt Disaffected Thursday #20

I hope they keep asking -- personally, I think 11 people were murdered. Hekate Sep 3 #13

Christians killing a boatload of Christians. Isn't that what this really is? RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Sep 3 #16

Unlikely, unless they were squashed into small oblong packages wrapped in black plastic Warpy Sep 3 #18

A better spin on the story, or how the blundering administration could have told it taxi Thursday #23

Explain how they knew about this particular boat and drugs?.................. Lovie777 Thursday #26

MaddowBlog-Team Trump faces tough questions following strike on boat in international waters LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #28

I think Trump is trying to provoke retaliation WSHazel Thursday #29

If so, then it is a war crime. kentuck Thursday #30

He's doing everything to distract from the Epstein issue. Xolodno Thursday #31