A sustained campaign of Hellfire missile strikes on suspected drug boats has killed at least 95 people without due process, public evidence of drug trafficking, or identification of the dead. Legal experts widely classify these as extrajudicial killings and crimes against humanity.
At least 95 people killed in 26+ Hellfire missile strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific since September 2, 2025, with no public evidence the boats were carrying drugs.
The very first strike on September 2, 2025 included a 'double tap' — two survivors clung to wreckage for 45 minutes before a follow-up strike killed them. The total death toll from this single incident was 11.
US airstrikes killed 68 detained African migrants sleeping in a Sa'ada detention center during Operation Rough Rider. Amnesty International's investigation found no evidence the facility was a military target and concluded the strike was indiscriminate and must be investigated as a war crime.
US airstrikes hit a migrant detention center in Sa'ada, Yemen at approximately 5:00 AM on April 28, 2025, while 115 detained migrants were sleeping, killing at least 68 and injuring 47.
Victims were primarily Ethiopian and Somali migrants detained by Houthi authorities solely for their irregular immigration status — they were not combatants or military targets.
US airstrikes in Somalia escalated dramatically in 2025, with AFRICOM claiming zero civilian casualties despite independent monitors documenting dozens of civilian deaths. AFRICOM stopped publishing casualty data and has never paid compensation for civilian harm in the country.
AFRICOM conducted at least 43 airstrikes in Somalia in 2025, more than doubling the prior year's pace, with the administration citing both regional security and alleged threats to the US homeland.
AFRICOM has assessed zero civilian casualties from its 2025 strikes, while independent monitors at Airwars document between 33 and 167 total civilian deaths from US strikes in Somalia.