Eleven men accused of trafficking last night when US armed forces attacked the boats they were on, two in and one in , according to the update from the US military.
The new US strikes were announced via X by the joint command of US armed forces responsible for Latin America and the Caribbean.
More specifically, the US Southern Command announced that it carried out three strikes against vessels in the eastern Pacific and the Caribbean, resulting in the death of 11 men. According to the US military, four men were killed in the first strike, four more in the second and three in the third.
Late on Feb. 16, at the direction of commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted three lethal kinetic strikes on three vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessels were transiting along known…
— U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom)
The list of victims and the outcry is growing
In the context of this campaign of plagues that now lasts more than six months, at least 140 people were killed by the American forces.
The legality of the campaign, which officially targets drug cartels into the US, has been questioned by experts and is drawing backlash from the administration and opposition in Washington.
US President Trump’s administration has never presented tangible evidence that any of the vessels struck were involved in illegal trafficking.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights sees these bombings as “extrajudicial executions”, a view with which experts agree.
