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US military campaign [amounts to “extrajudicial killings”](/news/2025/12/2/trumps-boat-bombings-how-the-us-has-long-used-double-tap-strikes) in international waters and that the attacks
US military in recent months, a pattern rights groups have slammed as “extrajudicial killings”. US
extrajudicial killings that [violate](https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/trumps-boat-strikes-are-illegal-the-public-needs-answers) US and international law, saying the military cannot
extrajudicial executions, yet they continue. Finucane warned that the killings risk being “normalised” by the population and US politicians, or becoming “‘background noise’ while the administration is engaged in so many different military
US military struck a vessel in the eastern Pacific on Tuesday, killing three people**, the [latest such attack](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/05/us-military-vessel-strike) that rights groups label as “extrajudicial
extrajudicial killings because they have apparently targeted civilians who do not pose an immediate threat to the US. The attacks on boats began last year as the US built up its [largest military
killed in US military airstrikes in the Caribbean and Pacific [since the offensive began in September](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/02/trump-venezuela-boat-lethal-strike), according to a tally by the Washington Office on Latin America (Wola). The US has provided
US military said that it blew up two boats](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/13/drug-boat-strikes-latest-us-military) that it accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of five people and leaving one survivor. Then
US over the coming months — especially with several high-level meetings scheduled between the two leaders throughout the year — China aims to secure a predictable external environment conducive to its long-term rise. For Beijing
military facilities in Ghiyathi and Al Wathba before covert deployment to war zones in Sudan where gross human rights violations such as mass extrajudicial killings, rape and gang rape, sexual slavery, looting and destruction
military](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-military) campaign to strike boats in the Caribbean Sea, has sparked mass outrage and allegations that the US has violated international law. The Trump administration has described the operation as an effort
military for its “perfect operation” in Caracas. Never mind that it was illegal in every possible way – as is Trump’s other novel tactic of [randomly blowing up boats](/opinions/2025/9/8/distraction-101-blow-them-up) in the vicinity of Venezuela
military confrontation with armed groups that produced limited results and became tainted by the [“false positives” scandal](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/19/colombia-false-positives-killings-general-mario-montoya-trial), when innocent people were extrajudicially killed by the army and falsely labelled as enemy combatants
military. Donetsk and Luhansk retain fig leaves of independence, such as a cabinet and border checkpoints, but Moscow controls all walks of life there. In both statelets, Russia-backed authorities have been [accused](/features/2021/3/22/some-stay-some-die-the-horror-of-ukraines-war-camps
military action for noncompliance. He has also sought to check China’s growing sway over the region, as an increasing number of Latin American countries tighten their bonds with the Asian superpower. The State Department
US military strikes on alleged drug boats ![President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Washington, as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, looks on.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com