The U.N. human rights chief has warned the U.S. that strikes on what it says are drugs boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean are "unacceptable" violations of international law and must stop.

Volker Türk, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, called for an investigation.

"These attacks and their mounting human cost are unacceptable. The U.S. must halt such attacks and take all measures necessary to prevent the extrajudicial killing of people aboard these boats," said Ravina Shamdasani, a spokeswoman for Türk.

Türk believes “airstrikes by the United States of America on boats in the Caribbean and in the Pacific violate international human rights law,” Shamdasani added.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that America had carried out a military

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