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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Astrid Suarez and Regina Garcia Cano

Family of man killed in US ‘drug boat’ strike files complaint over ‘extrajudicial killing’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington - (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Family of a Colombian man killed in a U.S. military boat strike has filed the first formal challenge to the attacks on alleged drug-carrying boats.

Their lawyer argues in a petition to the premier human rights watchdog in the Americas that his death was an extrajudicial killing.

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