"The US military launched a strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific on Friday, killing three men in its second strike this week. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations, US Southern Command, which oversees operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, said on Twitter/X."
"Under both U.S. and international law, it is flagrantly illegal to use the military to kill civilians suspected only of crimes, reads a December statement by Jeffrey Stein, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and Christopher Anders, director of the Democracy and Technology Division at ACLU. Civilians, including those suspected of smuggling drugs, are not lawful targets."
The US military executed a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific, killing three men, marking the second such strike this week. Intelligence indicated the vessel was traveling known narco-trafficking routes and engaged in trafficking operations, according to US Southern Command. A 16-second clip released by Southern Command shows a strike that caused the boat to burst into flames. The strikes are part of a US administration buildup of forces in the region to intercept drug traffickers. At least 148 people have been killed in related strikes since September, prompting legal and political concerns and leadership changes at Southern Command.
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