"The US military's killing of 11 alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers traveling by boat in international waters in the Caribbean is an illegal use of war powers to address what should have been a situation of law enforcement. Unless this dangerous precedent is condemned and curtailed, it will enable US authorities to summarily shoot anyone they choose by simply declaring a war against them."
"No reported attempt was made to interdict and detain the boatload of people. The video accompanying Trump's statement suggests that the boat was simply blown up. When asked why the boat wasn't stopped and its occupants arrested, Trump ducked the question and suggested that the killings would force traffickers to think twice before trying to move drugs to the United States."
Eleven alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers were killed by US military forces while traveling by boat in international Caribbean waters, using war powers instead of law enforcement. A reported secret presidential decree authorized Pentagon force against designated Latin American cartels labeled as terrorist organizations. The president claimed Tren de Aragua narcoterrorists operate under Maduro's control and commit mass murder, drug and sex trafficking, and terrorism across the hemisphere. No reported attempt was made to interdict and detain the boat; video suggests the vessel was blown up. International law permits lethal force only as a last resort to prevent imminent death or serious injury, and law enforcement should typically arrest and prosecute suspects rather than kill them summarily.
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