US Kills Six in 'Drug Strike,' UN Calls it 'Extrajudicial'
Trump, via Truth Social, boasted of a US strike killing six 'narcoterrorists' on a boat near Venezuela, ensuring 'No U.S. Forces were harmed.' The Guardian notes the UN has condemned such strikes as 'extrajudicial executions.' This echoes a long history of US interventionism in Latin America, often justified by 'drug wars' or 'national security'—conveniently ignoring the US role in arming and
funding various factions, or the fact that US 'counter-narcotics' operations frequently coincide with attempts to destabilize governments not aligned with Washington. One might wonder if 'international waters' is just code for 'anywhere we choose to project power,' especially when the UN explicitly labels these actions as unlawful killings. The media's role, then, becomes merely relaying the
administration's narrative, softening the edges of unilateral violence with passive language like 'allegedly carrying drugs,' rather than scrutinizing the legality or the humanitarian cost.