The Walrus (General feed)

America Is Bombing Drug Boats, Killing Dozens. Ottawa Won’t Clarify Its Role

Operation Southern Spear, the U.S. Southern Command’s counter‑narco‑terror campaign, has conducted airstrikes that killed more than 150 people across the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. Canadian military personnel are embedded in SOUTHCOM and the Joint Integrated Task Force South, providing intelligence and logistical support that may feed the strike targeting process. Ottawa publicly denies sharing intelligence specifically for Southern Spear, yet acknowledges broader information exchanges under existing counter‑narcotics agreements, prompting criticism of secrecy and legal exposure. The controversy mirrors the United Kingdom’s suspension of drug‑boat intel sharing and raises questions about Canada’s complicity in extrajudicial killings.