Venezuela, UN calls for halt to US raids against alleged trafficking vessels

(Adnkronos) – The UN calls on the United States to stop air raids in the Caribbean and Pacific against vessels allegedly belonging to drug traffickers, and calls for “rapid, independent and transparent” investigations. “These attacks – and their growing human cost – are unacceptable. The United States must stop them and take all necessary measures to prevent extrajudicial executions of people on board these vessels, regardless of the criminal offenses they are accused of,” said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, in a statement.