Admiral Denies Orders to Kill Survivors in Controversial US Military Drug Raid

In a high-stakes closed-door session with Senate and House Armed Services Committees, Admiral Frank Bradley firmly denied accusations that he ordered the killing of survivors following a US military strike on a suspected drug-smuggling vessel in the Caribbean last September 2. The incident, which resulted in the deaths of eleven individuals aboard the boat, has sparked intense debate over the legal and moral boundaries of America’s antinarcotics campaign. Is This the Cost of Upholding National Security? The operation targeted vessels allegedly tied to violent transnational narcotics groups like Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua and Cartel de los Soles—organizations classified by Washington...