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evidence behind military officials’ claims that the vessels targeted are involved in drug trafficking. Legal experts argue the US
US to kill people accused of drug trafficking and noting the military has not provided evidence that the people on the targeted
US Southern Command said it targeted the alleged drug traffickers along known smuggling routes. The military did not provide evidence
US military’s southern command said on [X](https://x.com/Southcom/status/2048573629009441148) that the boat hit was “operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations” and that “intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes
evidence that the vessels it targets are involved in drug trafficking, prompting heated debate about the legality of the operations. International legal experts and rights groups say the strikes likely amount to extrajudicial killings
US has provided no evidence that any of the vessels were involved in drug trafficking, and legal experts and rights groups say the attacks amount to extrajudicial killings as they apparently target civilians
targeting rival criminal groups instead. Prosecutors also accuse Merida Sanchez of leaking sensitive intelligence to the cartel, including advance warning about investigations and planned raids on drug laboratories and safehouses. In one instance
targeted a ship that was carrying unidentified narcotics from Latin America to the US. The US Southern Command said in a social media post that it had conducted a “lethal kinetic strike on a vessel
US strike on an alleged drug boat kills 3 in the eastern Pacific Ocean ![President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Washington, as Secretary
evidence to support its claims. Justification for the lethal attack, according to SOUTHCOM, was due to intelligence – details of which were not provided – that confirmed that “the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes
military buildup towards Venezuela, by arguing those targeted were “narco-terrorists” transporting drugs to the US. But a joint effort by 20 journalists led by the Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism (CLIP) this week
targeted through his LinkedIn account as he carried out his research. He said he had “around 20 to 25 connection requests” from women with “nothing on their profile at all, wanting to contact me – some
evidence — that no reckless actions were taken, nor was international law violated”. ## How does the indictment fit into US strategy? The case against Castro, 94, centres on the 1996 downing of two planes operated