Dec. 17 (UPI) -- There are no legal or national security justifications for the Trump administration's attacks on ships in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean Sea, Sen. Chris Murphy said following a bipartisan classified briefing on the strikes.
At least 95 people have been killed in 25 military strikes on ships the Trump administration accuses of being used by drug cartels and gangs designated as terrorist organizations since Sept. 2.
The strikes have drawn mounting domestic and international condemnation and questions over their legality by both Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
The administration defends the strikes as legal under both U.S. and international law, arguing the United States is at war with the drug cartels who are flooding the country with deadly substances.
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