WashingtonUS Border Patrol data show seizures fell 3%.
That undercuts President Trump’s claim that strikes cut trafficking by 98%.
Traffickers now use larger boats and shifted routes toward Guyana and Suriname to dodge strikes.
Washington has not released crew names or provided evidence of drug cargo.
How each outlet framed it
- InSight Crime leans critical
- contrasts Trump's claimed 98% drug-trafficking drop with actual data: cocaine seizures fell <3%, prices stable—claims strikes failed
Sources: InSight Crime