On the limits of violence in drug interdictions

Everyone shares the concern about drug trafficking and the use of illegal narcotics in our country. If there is no market, the profits of cartels and those who support them will collapse, and with them, the incentive to smuggle drugs into this country. However, questions have been raised about the use of military force in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, and, as a Nation, we must ensure that the use of military force is ethical and legal. In the fight against drugs, the end never justifies the means, which must be moral, in accord with the principles of the just war theory, and always respectful of the dignity of each human person.