Regina Garcia Cano was the reporter behind The Associated Press’ story that provided the first comprehensive account and identifies of some of the men killed in recent U.S. military strikes on alleged drug smuggling boats
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By REGINA GARCIA CANO – Associated Press
5 minutes ago
GÜIRIA, Venezuela (AP) — Regina Garcia Cano was the reporter behind The Associated Press’ story that provided the first comprehensive account and identifies of some of the men killed in recent U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats.
In dozens of interviews in villages on Venezuela’s breathtaking northeastern coast, from which some of the boats departed, residents and relatives told Garcia Cano the dead men had indeed been running drugs but were not narco-terrorists, as alleged by the Trump administration, or leaders of a cartel or gang.
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Where did you get the idea to pursue this story, and why did you want to write it?
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What kinds of challenges are there in this kind of reporting?
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What did you find when you got there?
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How did you verify what people told you?
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Did anything, in particular, leave a lasting impression on you?
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What a reporter found when she investigated US military strikes on Venezuelan drug boats
