1. El incidente del "Double Tap" y las víctimas en el mar.
El 2 de septiembre, un ataque militar estadounidense contra un presunto bote de droga resultó en una segunda ofensiva que acabó con la vida de dos sobrevivientes que se encontraban en el agua.
- A video of a us military strike on an alleged drug boat that killed two survivors of the initial attack.
- Video footage of a u.s. Military strike on alleged drug smugglers in the caribbean sea shows two people attempting to flip their capsized vessel as they were attacked again.
- Survivors of sept. 2 boat strike were waving before second attack, sources say.
2. La resistencia de Pete Hegseth y la opacidad del Pentágono.
El Secretario de Defensa, Pete Hegseth, se ha negado repetidamente a publicar el video completo y sin editar, citando razones de seguridad nacional y clasificación secreta.
- Hegseth says pentagon wont release video of strike on drug boat survivors to public.
- Defense secretary pete hegseth said the pentagon would not release the full, unedited video of the sept. 2 lethal boat strike at sea.
- Hegseth refused to release the full video of a u.s. Strike that killed survivors of a suspected drug boat, labeling it top secret.
3. El cambio de postura de Donald Trump sobre la transparencia.
Inicialmente, el presidente Trump afirmó que no tendría problemas en publicar las imágenes, pero posteriormente se retractó, delegando la decisión final en Hegseth.
- Trump says he supports releasing video of alleged drug boat strike i support the decision to knock out the boats.
- Trump defers to hegseth on releasing boat strike video in apparent shift.
- Trump on monday walked back the support he previously voiced for releasing any video of a second strike on an alleged venezuelan drug boat.
4. Reacción legislativa y presión presupuestaria del Congreso.
El Congreso ha tomado medidas drásticas, incluyendo una disposición en el proyecto de ley de defensa para retener fondos de viaje de Hegseth hasta que se entreguen los videos.
- Lawmakers plan to withhold a quarter of pete hegseths travel budget until the pentagon provides them with the videos.
- Senate passes 901 billion defense bill that demands secretary hegseth provide video of strikes on alleged drug boats.
- Congress is using its marquee defense bill to force the pentagon into turning over videos of strikes against suspected drug-smuggling boats.
5. Acusaciones de crímenes de guerra y ética militar.
Legisladores y expertos legales cuestionan la legalidad de los ataques, describiendo las escenas como profundamente perturbadoras y potencialmente constitutivas de ejecuciones extrajudiciales.
- Legal experts and human rights groups have described the strike on two survivors clinging to the wreckage of the boat as a war crime.
- Democrat jim himes calls footage one of the most troubling scenes hes observed in public service.
- Sen. Adam schiff called the strikes a form of extra-judicial killing.