Source: Foreign Policy
by Benjamin R Farley
“On Sept. 2, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the sinking of an outboard motor-powered, open boat somewhere in the Caribbean, killing 11 people. The Trump administration claims that the boat departed from Venezuela and was operated by Tren de Aragua, a criminal organization that the United States designated as a foreign terrorist organization in February. Rather than interdicting and searching the vessel, then arresting its occupants if evidence of drug smuggling were discovered — the approach that the United States normally uses to counter narcotics trafficking at sea, which is the approach required by law — the Trump administration chose to kill all those aboard. And it has promised more such killings to come. Responsible states do not kill people intentionally without a legal basis.” (09/10/25)