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By Rodrigo Santos Andrade
What evidence justified Operation Southern Spear? A CNN investigation
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The US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House on Monday, following “a careful review” of classified information he has seen so far.
“They are murder victims,” the Virginia Democrat wrote in a letter to President Donald Trump.
So far, the US military has killed at least 221 people and destroyed at least 67 vessels in the “Operation Southern Spear” campaign, which began last September. The administration has told Congress the US is in an “armed conflict” against drug cartels, labeling those killed “unlawful combatants” and claiming the ability to engage in lethal strikes without judicial review due to a classified Justice Department finding.
0:00 Who are the victims of the US boat strikes?
2:51 CNN investigative journalists on who were killed
5:56 The Pentagon’s statement
6:35 Senator Kaine on the letter he sent to the White
Channel: CNN
Tags: Caribbean Military Campaign, CNN Investigation, Drug Boat Strikes, Illicit Drug Trafficking, Intelligence Reports, Military Defense Evidence, Military Evidence, Narcotics Interdiction, Operation Southern Spear, US Military Operations
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