The Latest Breaking News from Puerto Rico

New details have emerged about last week's U.S. military strike on a Venezuelan boat in the southern Caribbean. According to reporting by The New York Times, the vessel had altered its course and appeared to be retreating before American forces destroyed it, killing 11 people on board.

Maduro had challenged the governor to "lead from the front" if an invasion of Venezuela were to take place amid ongoing U.S. military exercises in the Caribbean

Governor González expressed her backing for the U.S. military operations earlier this week describing the deployment of forces as an effort to "attack the source" of drug trafficking

Puerto Rico's fatal overdoses tied to fentanyl outpace homicides, Costa Rica probes suspected pill labs after large tablet seizures, and the Dominican Republic surfaces in U.S. financial intelligence and indictments. The U.S. has escalated military and law-enforcement activity in nearby Caribbean waters, while Washington officials increasingly blame Venezuela's Maduro for…