U.S. Military Boat Strikes in Caribbean and Pacific Under Scrutiny Over Killings
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Lazaro Gamio, Carol Rosenberg, Charlie Savage
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The article reports on U.S. military and Coast Guard operations in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean under the Trump administration, where boats suspected of drug smuggling have been attacked, resulting in dozens of deaths. This marks a shift from past practices where maritime drug smuggling was treated as a law enforcement issue involving interdiction and arrests. Legal specialists have raised concerns that these strikes may constitute illegal extrajudicial killings.
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bskyU.S. Military Boat Strikes in Caribbean and Pacific Under Scrutiny Over Killingsnytimes.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledThe U.S. military has been attacking boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean that the Trump administration says are smuggling drugs, killing dozens of people.
This is a drastic departure from past practice.
A broad range of legal specialists on the use of lethal force have said that the strikes are illegal extrajudicial k
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