Más de 30 lanchas hundidas y unos cien muertos dejan ataques de EEUU en Caribe y Pacífico
Más de treinta lanchas hundidas y cerca de cien personas muertas es el saldo que deja la ofensiva militar de Donald Trump en aguas del Caribe y el Pacífico, una escalada que Estados Unidos justifica como parte de su “conflicto armado directo” contra el narcotráfico y que ha sido denunciada por varios gobiernos y por la ONU como posibles violaciones al derecho internacional
TL;DR
- Over thirty boats sunk and approximately one hundred people killed in US military operations against drug trafficking in the Caribbean and Pacific.
- The US justifies these actions as part of a "direct armed conflict" against drug cartels, labeling them terrorist organizations.
- Operations have focused on the Caribbean, particularly Venezuela, and extended to the Pacific, involving Colombia.
- Venezuela and Colombia have denounced the attacks as assassinations and extrajudicial executions.
- The UN has warned of potential violations of international law and urged the US to cease these actions.
- The article details a series of specific attacks from September 2nd to December 19th, with varying numbers of reported casualties.
- Concerns have been raised in the US Congress regarding the legality of these operations, particularly after an attack on September 2nd where two survivors were reportedly killed.