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Trump’s Strike on ‘Narco-Terrorist’ Boat Enters Murky Legal Waters
Legal experts question the Trump administration's authority for the strike that killed 11 aboard a Venezuelan gang-linked vessel, amid lack of public evidence and potential international law violations.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced a U.S. strike in international waters off Venezuela killed eleven alleged Tren de Aragua gang `terrorists`.
- The Trump administration has borrowed `Global War on Terror` framing, designating Tren de Aragua and Cartel do los Sole as terrorists and issuing a July directive to the Pentagon for military force.
- U.S. special operations sources say the operation, led by them rather than the U.S. Coast Guard, used an MQ-9 Reaper drone and bypassed established Coast Guard escalation measures.
- Questions remain about the vessel's flag and origin as international law experts deem the strike unlawful, risking confrontation and alarming U.S. Defense Department allies and human rights groups.
- Legal commentators warn that Supreme Court immunity rulings removed legal backstops, critics say the eleven deaths show impunity, and human rights groups and U.S. allies call on Congress to restore accountability.
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The Court Said Trump Was Above the Law — And Now 11 People Are Dead at Sea
Trump simply ordered human beings erased. This isn’t just about a boat off Venezuela. It’s about whether America will allow a president, blessed by the Court, to kill without evidence, without process, without even the pretense of law.
Labels, Not Law, to Justify Lethal Force: Venezuela Boat Strike
President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the U.S. military had attacked an alleged drug vessel in international waters, killing what he described as 11 “terrorists” who he claimed were members of the Tren de Aragua gang from Venezuela. The strike, which appears to be unlawful under international and domestic law, marks a sweeping escalation and departure from the U.S. military’s approach to drug interdiction. Borrowing language from the …
Trump’s boat strike in international waters triggers legal firestorm and charges of extrajudicial killings
Administration claims an attack killed 11 members of Tren de Aragua in international waters, but offers little proof as legal experts, rights groups, and lawmakers cite violations of international and constitutional law.
When the Court Says Trump Is Above the Law, Who Protects the Eleven Dead on That Boat?
ShareWhen the Court says Trump is above the law, who speaks for the eleven dead on that boat? Their lives ended not in a battlefield crossfire or a clash between nations, but at the whim of one man emboldened by six justices who declared him untouchable. Trump simply ordered human beings erased, confident the Court had given him immunity from any consequence and the leaders of his military would obey an illegal order. Eleven souls were sacrifice…
US blew up a drug boat in international waters. Was it legal?
WASHINGTON — Legal experts are casting doubt on President Donald Trump’s justification for the deadly strike this week on a boat carrying drugs in the Caribbean, saying it carries a dangerous precedent when it comes to the use of executive ...
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