"The United Kingdom has suspended intelligence sharing with the United States about suspected drug trafficking in the Caribbean over its objections to the boat strikes, according to a new report by CNN national security correspondent Natasha Bertrand. Over the past few months, President Donald Trump has ordered strikes on multiple boats the administration has claimed are narcoterrorists transporting drugs intended for the U.S., resulting in more than 70 deaths."
"The Trump administration's claims that the boat occupants were enemy combatants who were in drug cartels that were foreign terrorist groups that were in an armed conflict with the U.S., and therefore complied with the Law of Armed Conflict, [b]ut legal experts say the Law of Armed Conflict would still apply to civilian drug traffickers, and the designation of a group as a foreign terrorist organization does not automatically authorize the use of lethal force, Bertrand reported Monday."
The United Kingdom suspended sharing Caribbean intelligence with the United States in response to U.S. strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats. President Donald Trump ordered multiple strikes that the administration described as targeting narcoterrorists, resulting in more than 70 deaths. Administration officials offered several justifications, but critics argue the strikes lack legal authority and depart from past interdiction-and-arrest practices. Legal experts contend the Law of Armed Conflict still applies to civilian traffickers and that foreign terrorist organization designations do not automatically permit lethal force. Venezuelan and Colombian officials have disputed that some boat occupants were traffickers, noting some vessels were stationary or turning when attacked.
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