"A group of United Nations experts say U.S. strikes targeting boats in the Caribbean off the coast of Venezuela amount to extrajudicial execution. In recent weeks, the U.S. has struck seven boats, claiming they were being used to traffic drugs, but the U.S. has offered no proof to back up its claim. The U.N. experts said, quote, "These moves are an extremely dangerous escalation with grave implications for peace and security in the Caribbean region," unquote."
""Even if they were in fact carrying drugs, the procedure is to capture them, to seize them, to arrest them and to find information about who was behind them, and not blowing them up," García-Peña tells Democracy Now! from Bogotá."
U.S. forces have carried out multiple strikes on boats in the Caribbean off Venezuela, claiming the vessels were used for drug trafficking while providing no public evidence. Seven boats were struck in recent weeks, and a Colombian fisherman was reportedly killed in a mid-September attack. United Nations experts described the strikes as extrajudicial execution and warned of a dangerous escalation with grave implications for regional peace and security. President Trump authorized the CIA to conduct lethal covert operations inside Venezuela, and the CIA has reportedly been involved in the boat attacks. Colombia recalled its ambassador and accused the U.S. of committing murder; the recalled ambassador said suspects should be captured and investigated rather than blown up.
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