By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Family members of two men killed in a U.S. missile attack on a suspected drug boat near Venezuela filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on Tuesday, alleging the pair were killed in a “manifestly illegal” military campaign targeting civilian vessels. Civil rights lawyers filed the lawsuit in federal court … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is expected to vote this week on a bill that would authorize $900 billion for military programs, including boosting pay for service members, slashing Pentagon diversity efforts and requiring the release of footage of forces blowing up alleged drug boats. The National Defense Authorization Act is traditionally a strong bipartisan … Read more
Mexican authorities on Sunday said at least five people were killed and three others were injured after a car exploded near a police station in the restive western state of Michoacan. The explosion occurred shortly before noon Saturday local time in front of the police headquarters in the coastal city of Coahuayana, according to the … Read more
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An explosion outside a local police station in the western Mexican state of Michoacan on Saturday killed at least two people and wounded seven, local and federal security officials said. The blast came as the federal government stepped up security activities in the state, deploying additional troops following two recent high-profile … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The US military would have committed a crime if it killed the survivors of an attack on an alleged drug boat, legal experts say. It doesn’t matter if the United States is in “armed conflict” with the drug cartels as the Trump administration asserts. Such a deadly second strike would violate peacetime … Read more