Breaking news:Rand Paul Perfectly Explains Why Trump Ordering Strike On Alleged Drug Boat Is So Problematic

The Republican Senator criticized Trump’s strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat that killed 11 people on board, remarking on Newsmax that “even the worst people” should “still get a trial.”

Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul criticized President Donald Trump’s strike on a boat he alleged was transporting illegal narcotics bound for the U.S., noting that the strike, which killed 11 people on board, was wrong because “even the worst people” should “still get a trial.”

Trump announced Tuesday that U.S. forces had destroyed a vessel he claimed had departed Venezuela and was operated by the Tren de Aragua cartel, carrying drugs bound for the United States.

So far, U.S. defense officials have declined to provide details on the strike or clarify the legal authority under which it was carried out.

While the U.S. is not a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, military legal advisers have said Washington generally seeks to act in line with its provisions. Under the convention, states are barred from interfering with vessels in international waters, except under limited circumstances such as “hot pursuit” of a ship fleeing a country’s territorial waters.