Colombian man killed by US strikes in Caribbean was fishing for tuna, not trafficking drugs; human rights lawyer makes big claim

[ad_1] The family of a Colombian fisherman killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed a formal complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.The petition was filed on Tuesday by US human rights lawyer Dan Kovalik. It alleges that Alejandro Carranza was killed when the United States struck his […]

‘State-sanctioned murder’: Indian-origin Congress candidate on ‘US killing Colombian fisherman’

[ad_1] Saikat Chakrabarti reacted to Colombia’s claim that US killed a Colombian fisherman who had no links to drugs. Colombia has accused the US of violating the South American country’s sovereignty and killing a Colombian fisherman after teh US military struck an alleged drug-trafficking vessel in September. Colombia’s president Gustavo Petro said Alejandro Carranza, a […]