"The Pentagon appears to have changed strategy since the first attack in September when it ordered a follow-on strike to kill survivors. Killing survivors has been considered a textbook example of a war crime since 1945."
"The latest attack brings the number of people who've been killed in boat strikes by the US military to at least 159 since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls narcoterrorists in early September."
"Trump has justified the attacks as a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs into the US, but his administration has offered little evidence to support its killing of what it claims are narcoterrorists."
US Southern Command executed a lethal strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific, resulting in two fatalities and one survivor. The US Coast Guard was notified to activate Search and Rescue for the survivors. Experts in international law have labeled these strikes as illegal, particularly the Pentagon's strategy of targeting survivors. Since September, at least 159 individuals have been killed in such strikes, with the military claiming to target drug traffickers without providing evidence of drug transport. Critics question the legality of these actions.
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