Anonymous1 day ago
Since September 2025, the US military has killed at least 188 people in 47+ strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific under Operation Southern Spear, a campaign critics call extrajudicial killing and defenders frame as wartime necessity. The latest strike on May 4, 2026, killed two unidentified individuals, raising ongoing questions about legal authority, evidentiary standards, civilian casualties, and whether lethal force at sea actually reduces drug flows to the United States.