Joaquin Castro
Role at the time: U.S. representative and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
Condemned
Statement summary
Rep. Joaquin Castro said the administration's boat strike campaign "has violated U.S. laws, failed to meaningfully stop drug trafficking, and legally imperiled U.S. servicemembers ordered to conduct these strikes".
“His administration’s illegal and ineffective campaign of boat strikes in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific has violated U.S. laws, failed to meaningfully stop drug trafficking, and legally imperiled U.S. servicemembers ordered to conduct these strikes.”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)Castro Statement on One-Year Anniversary of Boat StrikesFull press release, first paragraph of the statement
Rep. Castro's statement on the first anniversary of the campaign's first strike. He is Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
Why we used this label
Measured against the campaign the September 19 strike belongs to, Castro calls the campaign illegal and ineffective and says he will work for accountability, which is an express condemnation.