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Donald Trump Summarily Executes 11 People Without a Trial
by
caroasi
on 04/09/2025, 14:12:53 UTC
Donald Trump announced he ordered the summary execution of 11 members of people for associating them self with Tren de Aragua, which the USA labeled as a terrorist organization with connections to Venezuela, an enemy state of the USA. He did not seek any legal process and instead simply ordered the United States military to blow up the boat in which they were in, in international waters.

What do you think? Should the USA military summarily execute people when they believe someone is associated with a terrorist group? If you believe Donald Trump overstepped his authority, what do you think should be the penalty for doing that?

Are human rights issued by governments to citizens only such that they don't apply to outsiders, or are human rights issued by natural law to all humans?

Also from a pragmatic viewpoint, will Venezuelans gain respect for the way of life of USA people by this action, or will they lose respect and instead become more attached to socialism as a competing philosophy?

Source: https://www.allsides.com/story/foreign-policy-us-strikes-alleged-tren-de-aragua-drug-boat-in-caribbean-sea