A United Nations human rights investigator has concluded that U.S. military strikes on suspected drug trafficking vessels at sea violate international law and may rise to the level of crimes against humanity — a finding that places the Trump administration's narcotics enforcement strategy in direct tension with the foundational principles governing the use of lethal force. The assessment joins a widening body of independent legal analysis questioning not merely the tactics but the lawfulness of the operations themselves. In the long arc of international accountability, such findings rarely pro
U.N. Expert Says U.S. Drug Boat Strikes May Violate International Law
The strikes resulted in deaths, though the article does not specify the number of casualties.