Overview

• Attorney General Tarek William Saab formally asked the United Nations to investigate U.S. actions he labeled crimes against humanity following reported strikes on small boats.
• Venezuela also appealed to the UN Security Council to demand an immediate halt to U.S. military operations in the Caribbean.
• President Donald Trump posted a new video he said shows a U.S. strike that killed three “narcoterrorists,” as Washington claims three suspected drug boats have been destroyed this month with multiple fatalities.
• Caracas conducted three days of exercises on La Orchila with ships, aircraft and troops, while the United States deployed warships, a nuclear-powered submarine and F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico.
• UN human-rights experts questioned the legality of the killings and U.S. lawmakers pressed for the operation’s legal basis, as the Pentagon insisted it is acting on solid grounds.