US strikes on alleged drug boats may be ‘crimes against humanity’, UN says

UN expert says US forces have killed 223 people in 68 attacks in the Caribbean and the Pacific in the past year.

x whatsapp-stroke copylink google Add Al Jazeera on Google info An explosion occurs on a vessel during what the US military says was a strike on a suspected drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean Sea, in a screengrab from a video released on February 13, 2026 [Handout/US Southern Command via Reuters] By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 22 Sep 2026 22 Sep 2026 A United Nations human rights expert has concluded that US attacks on suspected drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean violate international law and may amount to crimes against humanity.