It just kills the mules and various low-level people or lackeys. Could also kill some of the family-people who are under the local feudal lord (drug cartel leadership)
Trump and Rubio don't seem particularly inclined to only go for the low level lackeys. "The president is very clear that he’s going to use the full power of America, the whole might of the United States, to take on and eradicate these drug cartels" and "TDA is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, operating under the control of Nicolas Maduro, responsible for mass murder..." etc.
Not really. None of the people in that boat were meaningful. If they were, they wouldn't have been on the boat.
This is like going outside and swatting a fly. Congrats, there are a lot more out there and how much money got spent on that strike? May not scale well.
Do you think the masterminds of this alleged operation were on said boat?
Wait, only 5 members of the cartel? Where does it say that? I guess they murdered 6 innocent people (the headline says killed 11), all because they were too lazy to stop the boat?