Has the Trump Administration declared the Caribbean a Free Fire Zone? [View all]

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After posting a video of an apparent war crime, the Trump Administration has ordered stealth fighters to Puerto Rico.

In Vietnam, based upon the assumption that all friendly forces had been cleared from the area, the U.S. Military Assistance Command established a policy designating "free-fire zones" as areas in which:
* Anyone unidentified is considered an enemy combatant
* Soldiers were to shoot anyone moving around after curfew without first making sure that they were hostile.

The concept of a free-fire zone does not exist in international law, and failing to distinguish between combatants and civilians is a war crime.

We could interdict suspected drug traffickers and if they resisted with armed force, we could defend ourselves; however, stealth fighters are not equipped to interdict sea going vessels. What’s the plan here? Because we cannot morally or legally just summarily blow boats out of the water.