US 'Drug War' Exposed as Extrajudicial Execution Campaign
Colombian President Gustavo Petro cut off intelligence sharing with the United States after US forces, under the Trump administration, killed at least 75 people in strikes on suspected drug trafficking boats. Petro states the 'fight against drugs must be subordinated to the human rights of the Caribbean people,' highlighting the US-led drug war's brutal reality, which he likened to 'extrajudicial
executions' affecting citizens from multiple nations. The US, with its militarized 'drug interdiction' policies, has a long history of projecting power in Latin America under the guise of combating narcotics, often with devastating human cost and little long-term effectiveness. This isn't about drugs; it's about unchecked US military action in international waters, framed by politicians and media
as necessary enforcement rather than lethal force against often-poor individuals. One might wonder, how many 'traffickers' are actually just fishermen caught in the wrong place, or low-level couriers, deemed disposable by a superpower? Our media would be screaming 'war crimes' if Russia or China initiated such policies. The White House offered 'no immediate response' – because how do you explain
away dozens of summary executions?