NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — International human rights group Amnesty International is calling for an end to the United States military’s “deadly, ongoing and illegal campaign” of airstrikes against suspected drug vessels in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.

The organisation is urging the US Congress to stop what it described as a “murderous year-long campaign.”

“For one year, the US military has carried out a campaign of extrajudicial killings at sea that has left more than 225 people dead, with the most recent four deaths just six days ago,” said Amanda Klasing, Amnesty International USA’s national director for government relations.

“For just as long, we have called on Congress to take meaningful action to stop these killings, which are illegal under both international and US law,” she said.

“US authorities have yet to offer a shred of evidence to support their claims against the people they have killed. They have not even named the dead.”

Klasing said that even if the victims were transporting narcotics, as the administration alleges, international law strictly prohibits the summary killing of criminal suspects.

“Unfortunately, with a few notable exceptions, lawmakers have done little to try to halt this horrific campaign of murder at sea. And let us be clear: extrajudicial killings are a form of murder. How many more people will die at sea from this administration’s illegal actions before Congress does its job?” she asked.

Klasing said Amnesty International looks forward to the day “when the architects and perpetrators of this campaign of extrajudicial killings are investigated and face justice, including the people who ordered these operations: President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.”

She said that until then, Amnesty International would continue pressing Congress “to do its job to stop this ongoing policy of murder.” She also urged US citizens to contact their congressional representatives and demand action.

Klasing said the blame does not rest solely with US authorities. She urged authorities in the region that have supported the operations with equipment or intelligence to stop collaborating in “this illegal airstrike campaign,” warning that they could also face justice.

She noted that the US airstrike campaign in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific began on September 2, 2025. Since then, Trump administration officials have announced a total of 227 deaths.

Last week, the US military said it attacked a boat suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing four people.

US lawmakers have raised concerns about President Trump’s continued attacks on suspected drug vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean following a lull of several months.

Without providing evidence, Trump has claimed that the military strikes have reduced the flow of drugs into the United States by 98 per cent.

However, Texas Democratic Congressman Joaquin Castro, who has sent letters to Trump administration officials protesting the strikes, described the campaign as “illegal and ineffective.”

He said the strikes have “violated US laws, failed to meaningfully stop drug trafficking and legally imperilled US service members ordered to conduct these strikes.”

This article was originally published by Antigua News Room. Read the original article here: Amnesty International Calls for End to US Strikes on Suspected Drug Vessels.