Families sue US government over Caribbean boat strikes, alleging unlawful killings
TL;DR
The families of two Trinidadians, Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo, filed a lawsuit accusing the US government of unlawfully killing the men on a boat struck during a Caribbean anti-drug campaign, arguing the strikes lacked legal justification and that the victims had no cartel ties. The suit, which cites the Death on the High Seas Act and Alien Tort Statute, seeks damages and marks a test of the operation’s legality amid ongoing scrutiny of the Trump administration’s maritime strikes against alleged narcotraffickers.
Topics:nationpolitics#aclu#caribbean#death-on-the-high-seas-act#extrajudicial-killings#politics#unlawful-attacks
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