UN experts alarmed by #US escalating pressure on Venezuela… ‘…“International law is clear:…the #UnitedStates has no legal authority to ‘close’ another State’s airspace…
US military attacks on alleged drug traffickers at sea, which have killed over 80 #civilians in 21 strikes, are grave violations of the #RightToLife & the #internationalLaw of the sea,” they said. “Those involved in ordering & carrying out these #extrajudicialkillings must be…prosecuted for homicide.” https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/12/un-experts-alarmed-united-states-escalating-pressure-venezuela #law

When there are no consequences, murderers just keep killing

#US strikes another boat in the Eastern #Pacific, killing 4, amid escalating questions about its purported “counter-drug” offensive [ #oil acquisition / US #supremacy of the Americas]

#Trump #Hegseth #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #Defense #DoD #InternationalLaw
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/politics/us-strike-eastern-pacific-drug-boat

UN experts alarmed by #US escalating pressure on Venezuela… ‘…“International law is clear:…the #UnitedStates has no legal authority to ‘close’ another State’s airspace…
US military attacks on alleged drug traffickers at sea, which have killed over 80 #civilians in 21 strikes, are grave violations of the #RightToLife & the #internationalLaw of the sea,” they said. “Those involved in ordering & carrying out these #extrajudicialkillings must be…prosecuted for homicide.” https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/12/un-experts-alarmed-united-states-escalating-pressure-venezuela #law

At least 87 people have now been murdered in strikes on 23 *suspected* drug boats as part of a campaign, dubbed Operation Southern Spear, that the #Trump admin has claimed is aimed at curtailing narcotics trafficking [but is really about #oil & US #supremacy].

#Hegseth #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #Defense #DoD #InternationalLaw

Alongside the post is a 21-second-long #SnuffFilm showing the boat being struck.

Thursday’s strike comes as the #Pentagon is facing bipartisan criticism over a September attack on an *alleged* drug vessel in which the #military fired follow-up strikes, killing surviving crew members.

#Trump #Hegseth #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #Defense #DoD #InternationalLaw

When there are no consequences, murderers just keep killing

#US strikes another boat in the Eastern #Pacific, killing 4, amid escalating questions about its purported “counter-drug” offensive [ #oil acquisition / US #supremacy of the Americas]

#Trump #Hegseth #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #Defense #DoD #InternationalLaw
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/politics/us-strike-eastern-pacific-drug-boat

A group of former military #attorneys [ #JAG] who have scrutinized the #Trump administration’s #military activities in #LatinAmerica released an assessment Saturday outlining relevant international & domestic laws, & said that regardless of whether the #US is in an armed conflict, conducting law enforcement or other military operations, the targeting of defenseless people is prohibited.

https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/former-jag-working-group-no-quarter-statement.pdf

#Hegseth #law #murder #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #WarPowers

#Hegseth’s order, which has not been previously reported, adds another dimension to the campaign against suspected drug traffickers. Some current & former #US officials & #LawOfWar experts have said that the #Pentagon’s lethal campaign—which has killed more than 80 people to date—is #unlawful & may expose those most directly involved to future prosecution.

#Trump #criminal #law #murder #ExtrajudicialKillings #Carribean #Pacific #Venezuela #InternationalLaw #Constitution #Congress #WarPowers

Under the circumstances The Post reported, “not only does #InternationalLaw prohibit targeting these survivors, but it also requires the attacking force to protect, rescue, &, if applicable, treat them as prisoners of war,” the group said in a statement circulated to news media. “Violations of these obligations are #WarCrimes, #murder, or both. There are no other options.”

https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/former-jag-working-group-no-quarter-statement.pdf

#Hegseth #Trump #law #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #WarPowers

A group of former military #attorneys [ #JAG] who have scrutinized the #Trump administration’s #military activities in #LatinAmerica released an assessment Saturday outlining relevant international & domestic laws, & said that regardless of whether the #US is in an armed conflict, conducting law enforcement or other military operations, the targeting of defenseless people is prohibited.

https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/former-jag-working-group-no-quarter-statement.pdf

#Hegseth #law #murder #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #WarPowers

Even if the #US were at #war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight “would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a #WarCrime,” said Huntley, now director of the #NationalSecurity #law program at Georgetown Law.

This report is based on interviews with & accounts from 7 people with knowledge of the Sept 2 strike & the overall op.

#criminal #murder #ExtrajudicialKillings #InternationalLaw #Congress #WarPowers

The alleged traffickers pose no imminent threat of attack against the #US & are not, as the #Trump admin has tried to argue, in an “armed conflict” with the US, officials & experts say. Because there is no legitimate war between the 2 sides, killing any of the men in the boats “amounts to #murder,” said Todd Huntley, a former #military lawyer who advised Special Ops forces for 7 years at the height of the US counterterrorism campaign.
#criminal #law #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #WarPowers

#Hegseth’s order, which has not been previously reported, adds another dimension to the campaign against suspected drug traffickers. Some current & former #US officials & #LawOfWar experts have said that the #Pentagon’s lethal campaign—which has killed more than 80 people to date—is #unlawful & may expose those most directly involved to future prosecution.

#Trump #criminal #law #murder #ExtrajudicialKillings #Carribean #Pacific #Venezuela #InternationalLaw #Constitution #Congress #WarPowers

The longer the US surveillance aircraft followed the boat, the more confident intelligence analysts watching from command centers became that the 11 people on board were ferrying drugs.
#Defense Secy #PeteHegseth gave a verbal directive, acc/to 2 people with direct knowledge of the operation. “The order was to kill everybody,” one of them said.
#Trump #criminal #law #murder #ExtrajudicialKillings #Carribean #Pacific #Venezuela #InternationalLaw

#SheikhHasina, the ousted PM of #Bangladesh, has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of #CrimesAgainstHumanity for the violent suppression of #student #protests last year that led to the collapse of her govt.
A panel of 3 judges from the International Crimes Tribunal ( #ICT), Bangladesh’s domestic #WarCrimes court, delivered their verdict Monday, ruling that Hasina was responsible for inciting hundreds of #ExtrajudicialKillings carried out by #law enforcement.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/asia/bangladesh-sheikh-hasina-verdict-intl-hnk?cid=ios_app

#SheikhHasina, the ousted PM of #Bangladesh, has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of #CrimesAgainstHumanity for the violent suppression of #student #protests last year that led to the collapse of her govt.
A panel of 3 judges from the International Crimes Tribunal ( #ICT), Bangladesh’s domestic #WarCrimes court, delivered their verdict Monday, ruling that Hasina was responsible for inciting hundreds of #ExtrajudicialKillings carried out by #law enforcement.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/asia/bangladesh-sheikh-hasina-verdict-intl-hnk?cid=ios_app

Good. Stop enabling the fascist #Trump regime’s #ExtrajudicialKillings

#UK suspends some #intelligence sharing with #US over boat strikes in major break

The #UnitedKingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the #Caribbean because it does not want to be #complicit in US #military strikes & believes the attacks are #illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

#law #murder #DueProcess #WarPowers #Congress
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/politics/uk-suspends-caribbean-intelligence-sharing-us