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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Tait in Washington

Killing of survivors sparks outrage – but entire US ‘drug boat’ war is legally shaky

screen grab of a boat at sea
A boat floats off the coast of Venezuela in this screen grab taken from a video released on 14 October, before a US strike on a suspected drug-trafficking boat. Photograph: Donald Trump/Truth Social/Reuters

Graphic depictions of two survivors being killed by a second US military strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug ferrying boat have provoked outrage where previously there was none – or at least relatively little.

A firestorm of controversy has greeted a recent Washington Post report which suggested that a deadly attack on a vessel carrying 11 people in the Caribbean was followed with a second assault after the initial strike failed to kill everybody onboard.

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