From New York, this is Democracy Now. These attacks and their mounting human cost are unacceptable.

The U.S. must halt such attacks and take all measures necessary

to prevent the extrajudicial killing of people aboard these boats,

whatever the criminal conduct alleged against them.

Despite mounting international criticism, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

has formally announced what he called Operation Southern Spear.

The U.S. has already blown up 20 boats in Latin America, killing at least 80 people claiming

their drug traffickers without evidence.

We'll speak to Human Rights Watch and also look at their new report.

You've arrived in hell about the Venezuelans sent by the U.S. to Salvador Sèca mega prison,

where they were tortured and abused.

Then the trillion-dollar war machine will speak to Bill

Hartung about how runaway military spending drives America into foreign wars and bankrupts us at home.

Finally, how did he do it? We'll talk to Zoran Mamdani's field director about his historic mayoral campaign in New York

fueled by over 104,000 volunteers.

Every door knock and every phone call is a statement of belief that politics is for all of us.

Because of you, we will make this city one that working people can love and live in again.

All that and more coming up.

Welcome to Democracy Now.

Democracy Now.org, the War and Peace Report.

I'm Amy Goodman. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced Operation Southern Spear.

A military campaign, he said, would target narco-terrorists across the Western Hemisphere.

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