I'm unpersuaded that any of the attacks on drug boats has been justified (and if not justified, they're murder), but this one seems especially egregious.
One top military officer provided a plausible explanation, behind closed doors on Capitol Hill, The Intercept has learned. In the briefing, a high-ranking officer on the Pentagon’s Joint Staff stated that some of the people killed by the U.S. military may have been the victims of human trafficking.