The verdict was the missile.
71 strikes. 0 trials. 0 charges. 238 dead. The U.S. military calls them narco-terrorists. The families say they were fishermen.
Source article: U.S. military kills four in 71st Caribbean drug-boat strike.
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- Published
- Pen name
- Editorial Board
- Topic tags
- armed conflict, crime, international law, war crime
- Primary entities
- U.S. Southern Command, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere, Ben Saul, United Nations, Donald Trump, American Civil Liberties Union, Brown University, Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
- Themes
- U.S. military operations, Drug interdiction, International humanitarian law, Human rights, Government accountability
- Floor values engaged
- human_life_and_dignity, Accountability of power, Equality & fairness