US strikes on alleged drug boats may constitute ‘crimes against humanity’, UN finds
Messiah Burnley, nephew of Chad Joseph, who family members believe was killed in a US military strike on a boat in the Caribbean, carries a girl in front of an altar for Joseph in the family home in Las Cuevas, Trinidad and Tobago, on 22 October 2025. Photograph: Andrea de Silva/ReutersView image in fullscreenMessiah Burnley, nephew of Chad Joseph, who family members believe was killed in a US military strike on a boat in the Caribbean, carries a girl in front of an altar for Joseph in the family home in Las Cuevas, Trinidad and Tobago, on 22 October 2025. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel’s active involvement in narco-trafficking.
- ▪Messiah Burnley, nephew of Chad Joseph, who family members believe was killed in a US military strike on a boat in the Caribbean, carries a girl in front of an altar for Joseph in the family home in Las Cuevas, Trinidad and Tobago, on 22 Oc
- ▪Photograph: Andrea de Silva/ReutersView image in fullscreenMessiah Burnley, nephew of Chad Joseph, who family members believe was killed in a US military strike on a boat in the Caribbean, carries a girl in front of an altar for Joseph in t
- ▪Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel’s active involvement in narco-trafficking.
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- ▪ U.N. report: U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats may be illegal — NYT — World
- ▪ US strikes on alleged drug boats could be crimes against humanity, says UN — BBC News — World
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Messiah Burnley, nephew of Chad Joseph, who family members believe was killed in a US military strike on a boat in the Caribbean, carries a girl in front of an altar for Joseph in the family home in Las Cuevas, Trinidad and Tobago, on 22 October 2025. Photograph: Andrea de Silva/ReutersView image in fullscreenMessiah Burnley, nephew of Chad Joseph, who family members believe was killed in a US military strike on a boat in the Caribbean, carries a girl in front of an altar for Joseph in the family home in Las Cuevas, Trinidad and Tobago, on 22 October 2025.
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