Caribbean boat strike Four deaths; rights outcry

Oct 4

Democracy Now says the Pentagon reported killing four people in a Caribbean speedboat strike on Sunday. The presenter says no evidence was supplied for the drug-carrying claim and attributes a cumulative toll of 238 to Southern Command's campaign in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific since the previous year. The report quotes Amnesty International USA condemning the campaign as illegal extrajudicial killing and asking Congress to intervene; this is Amnesty's position, not a judicial finding.

Democracy Now reports that the Pentagon said a Sunday Caribbean speedboat strike killed four people. It says no evidence was provided for the vessel's alleged drug cargo, attributes a campaign death total of 238 to Southern Command and quotes Amnesty International USA calling the campaign illegal extrajudicial killing and urging Congress to stop it. Cargo, legality and the cumulative total remain attributed claims.