US strikes in Caribbean, Pacific leave over 60 dead as calls mount for investigations

The U.S. has reported carrying out 13 strikes since September on vessels near the Venezuelan coast and more recently, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing more than 60 people, according to the U.S. secretary of defense, as it escalates a military buildup in the Caribbean Sea.

The U.S. has alleged, without presenting evidence, the boats it bombed were transporting drugs, but foreign leaders, some members of Congress, legal experts and