Not everyone agrees with the United States’ decision to sink the ship and its passengers in international Caribbean waters. The operation, which is illegal under international law from the point of view of most of the experts interviewed, has led to the departure of Admiral Alvin Holsey, who was in charge of the region with the Marines. These countries have now become foreign countries, for certain countries, distancing themselves from American behavior.
In fact, the UK has decided, for more than a month, to no longer share information with the United States regarding vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean, according to information from CNN. London actually does not want to get involved in an American military attack and would consider this attack illegal, as understood by the American media.
Yesterday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro also announced similar measures for his country. “Orders were given to all levels of law enforcement intelligence to suspend the delivery of communications and other operations to American security agencies,” Gustavo Petro announced on the social network X, adding that this decision “will be maintained as long as missile attacks on ships continue.”
If Colombia’s decision was expected, then the UK’s change of stance would be even more surprising and signal strong disapproval, in the Western world, of attacks carried out outside any legal framework.
It is true, the United States claims to be at war, at war with drug traffickers, to justify these attacks. But international law is very clear: nothing justifies the American government declaring war in this context. He should, as he did before, board the boat, arrest the suspects and perhaps try them after an investigation. Don’t kill them without further ado.
Tensions are running high with Venezuela
Mainly because pressing this button prevents any verification. Doubts arose regarding the nature of the charge. Apart from the identities of the passengers on the device, several of the victims’ families admitted that fishermen were also on the boat.
Analysis shared by many countries as well as the UK. According to sources who expressed their doubts to CNN, British officials considered the American military attack that killed 76 people to violate international law. The suspension of information exchange has been going on for more than a month, they said.
This is also the opinion of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, who last month stated that the attacks amounted to “extrajudicial executions”.
In addition to these concerns, tensions are also rising with Venezuela. An American aircraft carrier arrived off the coast of Latin America on Tuesday, marking a major increase in military resources deployed by the United States in the region and raising tensions with Venezuela, which is posing an “imperialist” threat.
The arrival of the Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, to reinforce what Washington believes is an anti-narcotics operation, coincided with Venezuelan military defense exercises and came as Caracas’ ally Russia condemned American airstrikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels.
