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Admiral Alvin Holsey Stepping Down After Reported Disagreements With Trump’s ‘Drug Boat’ Crusade

Christopher Rhodes

Fri, October 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM EDT

Controversial military strikes and high-profile departures of minority military leaders

Admiral Alvin Holsey is stepping down as head of U.S. Southern Command, which oversees all U.S. military operations in Latin America and the Caribbean. U.S. Southern Command has overseen the series of airstrikes launched by U.S. forces against accused drug smugglers off the coast of Venezuela; American troops have conducted at least five such strikes over the past several weeks, killing 27 people. The strikes have been touted by Trump, who has accused the targets of being “narcoterrorists” but without offering public proof that the targeted vessels were involved in drug smuggling. The New York Times reported that the admiral’s retirement announcement followed his concerns about the strikes. Though the attacks have been carried out under U.S. Southern Command, the White House has been the main decision-making force behind them, with Holsey largely sidelined from the process. Experts have questioned the legal authority of the Trump administration to carry out these attacks against foreign nationals in international waters, and two sources indicated that Holsey expressed concerns about the attacks and the overall counterterrorism mission being conducted in the region.

Admiral Alvin Holsey Stepping Down After Reported Disagreements With Trump’s ‘Drug Boat’ Crusade

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