UN Special Rapporteur Ben Saul concluded that 68 US strikes on alleged drug vessels killed 223 people and may amount to crimes against humanity of murder.
Washington removed Venezuela and Bolivia from its list of countries failing to demonstrably combat drug trafficking, while Colombia remains decertified.
Colombia recorded 39 killings of land and environmental activists in 2025 and Brazil 26, out of at least 124 worldwide, Global Witness says in its annual report.
Colombian prosecutors have accused former foreign minister Laura Sarabia of abusing her power by ordering police to question her nanny under a polygraph.