The Trump administration has asserted that it is treating alleged drug traffickers as unlawful combatants who must be met with military force.

UN has condemned US strikes on small boats it believes to be trafficking drugs as extrajudicial executions

The Trump administration has asserted that it is treating alleged drug traffickers as unlawful combatants who must be met with military force.

President Trump said his administration ordered its fifth military strike on a vessel carrying illegal narcotics off the coast of Venezuela.

President Trump said the vessel belonged to "narcoterrorists" and that it was "trafficking narcotics." US officials have not provided evidence to this claim.

The U.S. military on Tuesday morning carried out its fifth strike on an alleged drug-running vessel in the Caribbean Sea and killed all six crew members.

Trump said he is considering military strikes on land targets in his campaign to halt the flow of drugs from Venezuela after five recent boat attacks.