Trump’s vessel strikes claim to combat US drug trafficking, but experts argue their impact on drug flows is negligible.
Trump’s vessel strikes claim to combat drug trafficking, but experts argue their impact on drug flows is negligible.
By Brian Osgood
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Rights watchdog groups in the United States have filed a lawsuit seeking greater clarification on the legal rationale being used to justify the Trump administration’s targeting of alleged drug trafficking vessels off Latin America.
The Trump administration has asserted that it is treating alleged drug traffickers as unlawful combatants who must be met with…
It's the first court challenge to one of the 36 U.S. strikes on vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean authorized by…
Experts suggest the strike - which killed 11 alleged cartel members - may be illegal under international law.
The US has justified its air and naval campaign as necessary to fight drug smuggling into the US.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio rejects criticism of controversial strikes against alleged drug traffickers.
Analysts warn the US is using its ‘war on terror’ playbook for potential extrajudicial killings in Latin America.
