News Summary

• The war on drugs is not just a political metaphor — in many places, it’s a full-blown, militarized conflict with vast numbers of casualties.
• It has fueled unparalleled bloodbaths in which hundreds of thousands of people have been killed across the world.
• In the international waters around the U.S., the “legally indefensible” campaign the Trump administration is waging against boats suspected of trafficking drugs from Latin America has killed at least 83 people in 21 extrajudicial airstrikes.