Trump declares 'non-international armed conflict' against cartels

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15157065/Trump-declares-WAR-cartels-US-enters-non-international-armed-conflict-extraordinary-escalation.html 'Donald Trump has declared war on drug cartels and notified Congress that the United States is now engaged in a 'non-international armed conflict'. The extraordinary escalation by the president follows a series of recent strikes on drug-smuggling vessels operated by 'terrorist organizations' in the Caribbean. Trump's declaration is intended to place an iron-clad legal framework around the military action. According to international law, a country may kill enemy fighters even when they pose no threat and detain them indefinitely without trial.'