Conflict with the Secretary of Defense | Top military official for Latin America leaves office

by Ibrahim Khalil - World Editor
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(Doral) The senior military official responsible for overseeing the American campaign of strikes in the Caribbean and the Pacific supposedly targeting drug trafficking boats left his position Friday, after a year in office.

Published at 12 h 48

He is succeeded by Air Force Lt. Gen. Evan Pettus.

Admiral Alvin Holsey announced in October that he would leave command of American forces for South and Central America in mid-December,without explaining the reasons for his hasty departure,after “more than 37 years” in the army.The American press reports that the senior officer was in conflict with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the legality of American strikes carried out in the region since the beginning of September, which left nearly 90 dead.

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