United Nations human rights experts have condemned recent U.S. military strikes on Venezuelan vessels, calling them "extrajudicial executions" in violation of international law. The operations, ordered by President Donald Trump, killed at least 14 people this month, according to both U.S. and UN accounts.
"International law does not allow governments to simply murder alleged drug traffickers," three independent UN experts said in a statement on Tuesday. The experts, who report to the UN Human Rights Council but do not speak on behalf of the United Nations, stressed that lethal force is only lawful in situations of personal or immediate defense against an imminent threat to life.
