US DEA killing children in Honduras.

[Luminous Animal]

According to the Honduran newspaper, Tiempo, as well as the Honduran human rights group, COFADEH, the agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), dressed in military uniforms, killed at least four and possibly six civilians in a raid which took place on Friday, May 11. The victims included two pregnant women and two children. The newspaper Tiempo did not pull any punches, writing that those killed "were humble and honest citizens." Apparently, the DEA agents fired from helicopter gunships upon a boat carrying civilians on the Patuca back to their community of Ahuas which itself is located in the Mosquito coast of Honduras. According to Tiempo, the DEA mistakenly fired upon the civilian boat because it was well-lit while the intended target -- a boat carrying drug traffickers -- was floating down the river without its lights on.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-kovalik/honduras-civilians-dead_b_1521177.html?ref=tw

[Yavapai]

1. Thank you for your post.

Probably would have never heard of this without your posting it!

Another great victory for the "war on drugs!"

[think]

2. ditto

[gratuitous]

3. Well, it's their own goddam fault

"According to Tiempo, the DEA mistakenly fired upon the civilian boat because it was well-lit while the intended target -- a boat carrying drug traffickers -- was floating down the river without its lights on."

If they hadn't presented such a visible target . . . you know, there's only so much you can see at night from a helicopter. Like the DEA is just going to turn around and go home without blasting something. Who would have guessed the real bad guys would be so sneaky?

[Uncle Joe]

4. Kicked and recommended to end the so called "War on Drugs" and quit killing innocent people.

The WOD endeavor is nothing but a dysfunctional, insane and counterproductive policy.

Thanks for the thread, Luminous Animal.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. I'm sure the agents will be tried for murder...won't they?

[Luminous Animal]

6. "In the words of Guatemalan President Otto Perez,

a champion of drug liberalization, it is time to “stop being dumb witnesses to a global deceit” and consider treatment, harm reduction and decriminalization as viable alternatives."

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/summit-of-the-americas-agree-war-on-drugs-a-failure/article2404215/