Washington sent a fleet of eight ships and a nuclear propulsion submarine to the Caribbean waters to combat drug trafficking and, since early September, has eliminated three vessels eliminated
The Attorney General of Tarek William Saab, asked this Friday (19) that the investigate what they qualified as “crimes against humanity” committed by In the Caribbean, when firing missiles at speedboats that, according to Washington, transported drugs. “The use of missiles and nuclear weapons to assassinate defenseless fishermen in a small speedboat are crimes against humanity that should be investigated by the UN,” Saab said, quoted in a press release in his attorney.
Washington sent a fleet of eight ships and a nuclear propulsion submarine to the Caribbean waters to combat drug trafficking and, since early September, has eliminated three vessels that allegedly trafficked, with a 14 -dead balance, according to US President Donald Trump. In turn, Chancellor Yván Gil said Venezuela made a call to the UN Security Council to demand the immediate end of US military actions in the Caribbean Sea. “United States officers themselves ensure that these actions resulted in extrajudicial civilians of civilians, with the intention of sowing terror in our fishermen and our people,” the minister published on his social networks.
The Chancellor of ColombiaRosa Villavicencio also spoke and said that the “excess” military presence of the United States in Caribbean waters and assured that “it has nothing to do with the fight against drug trafficking”, in an interview with AFP in Bogota. The harsh reaction by one of Washington’s oldest allies in Latin America occurs amid the imposing sending of military forces ordered by Donald Trump near Venezuela to face drug trafficking.
“Of course, Venezuela is concerned, as the whole region is, because of the possibility of an intervention. We defend the sovereignty of the region (…) so this does not correspond to this excessive military presence,” said the chancellor. The chief of the portfolio categorically rejected Trump’s statements about f-35 hunting aircraft, seven ships and a nuclear propulsion submarine that, according to him, would be in the region to combat drug trafficking. The United States has said it has been eliminated since early September three vessels that allegedly trafficked drugs from Venezuela, in attacks that left 14 dead.
*With information from AFP
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