"The United States military announced that it has carried out three strikes against alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, killing at least 11 people. US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), which oversees military activities in Latin America, said it conducted two of the strikes in the Eastern Pacific and one in the Caribbean as part of a campaign dubbed Operation Southern Spear. All three attacks were carried out late on Monday."
"The administration of US President Donald Trump has been attacking what it says are drug-trafficking boats in the waters off South America since September 2 as part of a broader campaign against regional drug cartels. But legal experts have condemned the campaign as a series of extrajudicial killings. At least 145 people have been killed in 42 strikes since September, with Trump pitching the campaign as an effort to staunch the flow of drugs to the US."
US forces carried out three strikes against alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the Eastern Pacific and the Caribbean, killing at least 11 people as part of Operation Southern Spear. SOUTHCOM said two strikes hit vessels in the Eastern Pacific and one in the Caribbean. The campaign began September 2 and has involved 42 strikes that officials say aimed to stop drugs bound for the United States. At least 145 people have been killed. Legal experts called the strikes extrajudicial killings. Identities and evidence linking victims to trafficking have not been released. Families in Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago have claimed victims and filed legal petitions.
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