| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
USA. DO TRUMP DRUG BOAT KILLINGS EXPOSE US SERVICEMEMBERS TO CRIMINAL LIABILITY? [FEATURE]
USA. DO TRUMP DRUG BOAT KILLINGS EXPOSE US SERVICEMEMBERS TO CRIMINAL LIABILITY? [FEATURE]
Since the beginning of September, the Trump administration has authorized at least 10 lethal attacks on suspected drug-carrying boats, killing at least 43 people. It claims the strikes are legalbecause it has notified Congress that the country is engaged in a "non-international armed conflict" with drug cartels it has classified as foreign terrorist organizations. But its argument remains threadbare, and it has failed to release or provide to Congress an opinion from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel that it claims lays out the legal justification for the killings. (stopthedrugwar.org, USA, 28.10.2025)