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But the months-long attacks have reportedly done little to combat the flow of illicit drugs into the country, raising questions about the effectiveness of an operation that law of war experts say amounts to extrajudicial killings and war crimes.

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There weren't a lot of drugs stashed in the fish coming up fresh in the nets:

Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/21/e...

Im shocked that in some cases there have been survivors of these attackes and then their has been another attack where these survivors have died .

Which is pretty much a war crime. In the case where they didn’t do that, they deported them anywhere but to American soil. Cant have them accidentally speaking in a court or to reporters.

Well, as a vegan I do appreciate the Trump administration’s protection of sentient fish.

At the same time, as a vegan, I don’t appreciate their lack of interest in the autonomy and lives of the sentient humans.

If you kept listening to experts, El Salvador would still be a crime ridden hellhole. Being tough on crime shows results and sends a message.

Let's say what happens in a decade or to. All injustices have a weird way of hitting back decades after.

Tough on which crimes, exactly? Has there been any proof that the 200 killed were drug dealers? What did Trump's DOJ did wrt. the Sackler family?

War crimes are - as their name clearly shows - crimes. If I follow your logic, every American soldier who participated in these should get the death penalty, yes?

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