U.S. Military Escalates Lethal Strikes in Caribbean Drug War, Raising Legal and Ethical Questions

In a relentless push to secure America’s southern approaches, U.S. Armed Forces recently conducted yet another lethal strike on a suspected drug trafficking vessel in the Caribbean, killing three men. This operation marks at least the 44th such strike since September of last year under the so-called "Operation Southern Spear," tallying approximately 150 deaths tied to narcotrafficking campaigns across Central and South America.While national security demands vigilance against transnational criminal organizations that jeopardize America's borders and communities, this escalating military approach raises serious questions about accountability and the rule of law. The U.S. Southern Command labeled those targeted as "narcoterrorists"...