The family of a Colombian fisherman who was killed in the September 15 US military strike in the Caribbean Sea filed a formal complaint on Tuesday with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), alleging the US government illegally killed him.
In their petition, they wrote that from numerous news reports, they know that US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was responsible for ordering the bombing of boats like those of Alejandro Carranza and the murder of all those on such boats.
They added that Secretary Hegseth has admitted that he gave such orders, despite the fact that he did not know the identity of those being targeted for these bombings and extra-judicial killings.
Carranza's lawyer, Dan Kovalik, said the fisherman's family has no recourse to adequate and effective remedies in Colombia to obtain redress for injuries they have suffered due to the actions of the United States.
Hegseth has maintained that the strikes are all legal and claims that the military has evidence that the boats were carrying drugs.
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