"A US strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean Sea killed three people, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said on Saturday. This is the latest in a series of attacks on vessels the United States says have been carrying narcotics in the Caribbean and Pacific. "This vessel like EVERY OTHER was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling," Hegseth wrote in a post on X. "These narco-terrorists are bringing drugs to our shores to poison Americans at home and they will not succeed," he added."
"On Friday, the United Nations urged Washington to halt its attacks. More than 60 people have reportedly been killed in these US strikes since early September, said UN rights chief Volker Turk. While acknowledging the challenges of tackling drug trafficking, Turk noted in a statement that these people had been killed "in circumstances that find no justification in international law." "These attacks and their mounting human cost are unacceptable," Turk said. "The US must halt such attacks and take all measures necessary to prevent the extrajudicial killing of people aboard these boats.""
A US strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean Sea killed three people, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said. The strike is part of a series of recent US attacks on vessels the United States says carried narcotics in the Caribbean and Pacific. Hegseth said the vessel was known to US intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling and labeled those aboard "narco-terrorists," sharing obscured video footage of the boat being hit. The obscured footage prevents independent verification of how many people were aboard. The United Nations urged Washington to halt such attacks, citing more than 60 reported deaths since early September and warning that the killings may lack justification under international law. UN rights chief Volker Turk described the mounting human cost as unacceptable and called for measures to prevent extrajudicial killings, while President Donald Trump defended the strikes as necessary to stem the flow of drugs into the US.
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