Human Rights Watch and UN High Commissioner Volker Türk condemned the U.S. administration's "Operation Southern Sword," calling the bombings of Caribbean and Pacific vessels "extrajudicial executions" that have caused at least 87 deaths since September.The Donald Trump administration asserted these actions are part of an "armed conflict" against "narcoterrorists," a claim disputed by HRW, which advocates for arrest and trial under international law.Colombian President
Gustavo Petro conditioned anti-drug cooperation on the cessation of these bombings, viewing U.S. military pressure as a threat to sovereignty and criticizing the pattern of killings.