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The broader U.S. strategy aims to dismantle the financial and logistical networks of Venezuelan and Latin American cartels, which funnel billions of dollars in drugs—especially cocaine and fentanyl—into the U.S. This narcotics influx is central to ongoing issues of addiction and violence across American cities. The White House sees this month’s strikes as the beginning of an ongoing campaign intended to disrupt narcotics transit across the Caribbean.