Familie des Opfers von Trumps Morden auf Drogenbooten reicht erste formelle Beschwerde ein

Hi, this is Nikki from the Guardian’s audience team. We wanted to share more from this story about a US airstrike that illegally killed a Colombian citizen.

*From The Guardian:*

A family in [Colombia](https://www.theguardian.com/world/colombia) filed a petition on Tuesday with the Washington DC-based Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging that Colombia citizen Alejandro Carranza Medina was illegally killed in a US airstrike on 15 September.

The petition marks the first formal complaint over the airstrikes by the [Trump administration](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration) against suspected drug boats, attacks that the White House says are justified under a novel interpretation of law.

The IACHR, part of the Organization of American States, is designed to “promote and protect human rights in the Western Hemisphere”. The US is a member, and in March the Trump administration’s state department wrote: “The United States is pleased to be a strong supporter of the IACHR and is committed to continuing support for the Commission’s work and its independence. Preserving the IACHR’s autonomy is a pillar of our human rights policy in the region.”

The complaint was filed by Pittsburgh-based human rights lawyer Dan Kovalik. “On September 15, 2025, the United States military bombed the boat of Alejandro Andres Carranza Medina,” the filing says, “which Mr Carranza was sailing in the Caribbean off the coast of Colombia. Mr Carranza was killed in the process of this bombing.”

Kovalik identified [Pete Hegseth](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/pete-hegseth), the US defense secretary, as the perpetrator, based on Hegseth’s own statements. “From numerous news reports, we know that Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense, was responsible for ordering the bombing of boats like those of Alejandro Carranza Medina and the murder of all those on such boats. 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,” the filing goes on.

[You can read the full story for free at this link.](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/02/trump-caribbean-drug-boat-attack-complaint)

Trump “drug boat” killings.

There, fixed it for the Guardian.

Finally, a name. These were human beings. They deserve to be named and seen, as do their families. I hope more families come forward.

Edit: Alejandro Andres Carranza Medina

That’s his name. And there’s a picture of him with his son in the article. Please look at it. His murder is what our tax payer dollars are paying for

Zero charges, zero convictions. We’re not at war. This happened in international waters. Even if he WAS trafficking drugs (nothing to prove he was) – it was completely illegal and derelict to execute him on site

This is horrific

Would any country try to make the US face legal penalties? Even declare war?

even calling it „drug boat killings“ accepts the framing of a lying, unhinged war criminal admin

Alejandro Andres Carranza Medina, you will not be forgotten. I am so sorry for all of your family, but especially your children – the photo of you and your son brought me to tears. We Americans do not support what the Trump Administration is doing.

Department of Death

Popcorn time.

S/b : “First of many

Every family will sue the US GOVERNMENT after Trumf leaves office