Caribbean: Three lifeless in new US assault on suspected drug boat | EUROtoday

The USA stated it attacked one other boat belonging to alleged drug smugglers within the Caribbean on Saturday, killing three folks. According to US intelligence findings, the boat was “involved in illegal drug smuggling,” Defense Minister Pete Hegseth wrote within the on-line service X. The assault happened in worldwide waters.

The US Army started assaults on boats within the Caribbean at the start of September, and later boats within the jap Pacific have been additionally attacked. According to the US authorities, the attacked boats have been stated to have been transporting medication. According to the US, a minimum of 65 folks have been killed within the assaults.

However, the USA has up to now offered no proof that the attacked boats have been really carrying medication. Critics describe the assaults as extrajudicial executions and opposite to worldwide legislation – even when they have been really directed towards drug traffickers.

Washington accuses Venezuela specifically of actively selling drug smuggling into the USA and thereby endangering the safety of the United States and its residents. Venezuela’s left-wing nationalist President Nicolás Maduro, however, speaks of unlawful “executions” and suspects US plans to overthrow him.