More than 80 people killed in campaign that law-of-war experts have labeled extrajudicial murder

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly gave a verbal order to leave no survivors behind as Donald Trump’s administration launched the first of more than a dozen attacks on alleged drug-running boats that have killed more than 80 people over the last three months.

On September 2, U.S. military personnel fired a missile striking a vessel in the Caribbean that carried 11 people accused of trafficking drugs into the United States.

When two survivors emerged from the wreckage, a Special Operations commander overseeing the attack ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions to “kill everybody,” according to The Washington Post, citing officials with direct knowledge of the operation.

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[–] 65 points 9 months ago (3 children)

11 people? There were 11 people on the boat? There's no fucking way that was a drug smuggling boat. 11 people means at least nine people's worth of weight that can't be dedicated to drugs.

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  • [–] 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

    it was not proven those boats were not carrying drugs nor have fuel capacity to reach the US coasts. They most likely killed fisher boats:

    https://factually.co/fact-checks/justice/evidence-vessels-venezuela-us-drug-trafficking-e51d01

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    it was proven those boats were not carrying drugs

    Was it? Because I can't find any reliable source corroborating that

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