The old "war on drugs" slogan is no longer hyperbole. President Donald Trump is claiming the right to kill suspected drug traffickers, last week approving a deadly attack on a suspected drug-running boat off Venezuela.

The American war on drugs is "officially a war, not a mere law enforcement action," said Axios . By designating traffickers as "terrorists," Trump has claimed the "right to kill them before they or their drugs reach this country." Other suspected "narcoterrorists" will "face the same fate," said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. But the boat strike has drawn sharp criticism at home and abroad. The killing of crime suspects was a "murder anywhere in the world," said Colombian President Gustavo Petro. "What if we make a mistake and they happen to be people fleeing the V

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