United Nations Accuses U.S. of Illegal Airstrikes on Boats

The United Nations said Friday that U.S. airstrikes on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean violate international human rights law and must stop, ABC News reports.

Said U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk: “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, whatever the criminal conduct alleged against them.”