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US strikes on alleged drug boats may be ‘crimes against humanity’, UN says

22 Sept 2026, 03:52 UTC · 4 independent sources

🚨 UN EXPERT: US STRIKES KILLED 223 PEOPLE A UN expert says US forces killed 223 people in 68 attacks in the Caribbean and the Pacific in the past year. A United Nations report says the Trump administration’s strikes on alleged “narco-trafficking” vessels amount to extrajudicial murders. The report says they violate international, maritime and humanitarian law. Source: Al Jazeera, ABC Australia, dominicanrepublicpost.com

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