The family of a Colombian fisherman allegedly killed during a US strike in the Caribbean has just filed the first known formal human rights complaint against the deadly attacks, specifically naming US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, per CNN.
That’s a huge deal for the Trump administration. The petition was filed with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, or IACHR, by US human rights attorney Dan Kovalik. The complaint alleges that the US committed an extrajudicial killing, which is a clear violation of human rights. It also claims that Hegseth is the “perpetrator” who “was responsible for ordering the bombing of boats like those of Alejandro Carranza Medina and the murder of all those on such boats.” That is a stunning charge to level against a high-ranking US official.
