Washington has been conducting a campaign of strikes in the Pacific and the Caribbean for several months against ships suspected of participating in drug trafficking activities feeding the United States.
Four men were killed on Tuesday by the United States in the eastern Pacific, announced the American military, which continues its strikes on boats suspected of drug trafficking in a controversial military campaign with a toll of at least 174 deaths, including 11 in the last few days.
The US military command for Latin America and the Caribbean (Southcom) stated in a message that the ship targeted on Tuesday was “engaged in narcoterrorism operations”.
Experts and UN officials have criticized extrajudicial executions. “Four male narcoterrorists were killed during this operation.” A similar strike had already killed two people on Monday, and two other shots had killed five men on Saturday. Washington has been conducting a campaign of strikes in the Pacific and the Caribbean for several months against ships suspected of participating in drug trafficking activities feeding the United States.
The administration of Donald Trump has never provided solid evidence to confirm that the ships targeted were actually involved in trafficking. Experts and UN officials have condemned extrajudicial executions.
