{
  "id": 14932381,
  "title": "Hegseth ramps up US troops in Panama as Pentagon expands war on drug cartels",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/hegseth-ramps-up-us-troops-in-panama-as-pentagon-expands-war-on-drug",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6152622-us-jungle-warfare-training-latin-america/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Pentagon is sending more U.S. troops to Panama to participate in jungle warfare training as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth expands the U.S. military’s war against drug cartels in Latin America. Nearly 200 Army soldiers from Fort Drum, a U.S. Army military reservation in northern New York state, are being sent to a jungle training...",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}