narcoterrorist
nounEtymology From narco- + terrorist.
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One who carries out narcoterrorism.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump announced a third fatal U.S. strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug-smuggling boat. The operation, which killed what Trump called three “male narcoterrorists,” follows two U.S. strikes earlier this month also on alleged Venezuelan drug boats. […] Trump isn’t throwing out empty threats. The U.S. has eight warships based in the Caribbean—many off the coast of Venezuela—and 10 F-35 fighter jets stationed in Puerto Rico. And with draft legislation that would authorize Trump to wage war on anyone he deems a “narcoterrorist,” Washington may be on the cusp of a larger-scale militarization that looks ominously similar to former President George W. Bush’s global war on terror.2025 September 24, Daniel DePetris, “Trump’s War on ‘Narcoterrorists’ Is Doomed to Fail”, in TIME:
- US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has said the aim of "Operation Southern Spear" was to eliminate "narcoterrorists".2025 November 29, Nadine Yousif, “Trump to pardon ex-Honduras president convicted of drug trafficking”, in BBC: