MANCHESTER, N.H. —

The U.S. military attack earlier this month against what officials called a drug-carrying boat from Venezuela is raising questions about the strike's legality.

Eleven people were killed when the vessel in the southern Caribbean was struck.

According to the Trump administration, the boat was being operated by a "designated narco-terrorist organization."

WMUR’s partners at PolitiFact looked into the legality of the strike. Some legal experts said the attack was illegal under maritime law or human rights conventions, and others said it contradicted longstanding U.S. military practices and the United Nations Charter.

“The U.S. would only have the right to use deadly force against a foreign vessel on the high seas if it could be shown that the vessel was taking part in

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