UK has stopped sharing intelligence information with the United States on vessels suspected of drug trafficking in the Caribbean because does not want to be complicit in US military attacks, considering that these are illegalas reported this Tuesday by the CNN.
British officials believe that these military attacks, which have caused the death of 76 people, violate international law, according to sources close to this medium.
CNN also points out that The suspension of intelligence operations began more than a month ago.
For years, the United Kingdom – which controls several territories in the Caribbean where it maintains intelligence bases – has helped the US locate vessels suspected of transporting drugs so that the US Coast Guard could intercept them, sources told the outlet.
This meant that the boats were detained, boarded, their crew arrested and the drugs seized.
Intelligence information was routinely sent to the Joint Interagency Task Force South (JITAS), a Florida-based task force that includes representatives from several partner countries and works to reduce drug trafficking.
But the whole relationship changed after the United States began launching lethal attacks against vessels suspected of transporting drugs in September, according to the outlet.
It was then that Britain expressed concern that the United States could use intelligence provided by the British to select targets.
The United Kingdom’s decision represents a significant break with one of its closest allies and important partner in intelligence sharing.