Analysts warn the US is using its ‘war on terror’ playbook for potential extrajudicial killings in Latin America.
‘Will happen again’: Rubio hints at more US strikes against drug smugglers
By Joseph Stepansky
In the days following its deadly attack on a vessel allegedly transporting Venezuelan drug smugglers through international waters, the administration of US President Donald Trump sent a unified message: The United States will not hesitate to strike so-called “narco terrorists”.
“Instead of interdicting [the vessel], on the president’s orders, we blew it up,” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday.
