The U.S. military ‘s strikes on three vessels this month that President Donald Trump said originated from Venezuela and were carrying illegal drugs heading for the United States have raised legal questions from experts.

Both Trump and War Secretary Pete Hegseth have declared that the drug cartels are targets that could be engaged with using deadly force as a part of the administration’s crackdown on cartel activity domestically and in the Western Hemisphere.

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