Yuyutsu,
It was on some News about 4 months ago & it is common knowledge also. They may now be in 2n place anymore or even 3rd but they were & are in the top ranks.
Why, are you looking for excuses ?
Also, the Geneva convention doesn't appear to advertise the warfare on countries with drug abuse from within.

Thanks for your perspective AC. As much as I dislike drug dealers and Maduro, we all lose in a race to the bottom. It reminded me of Duterte, but a Phillipino friend told me that the drug kingpins in the Philippines are his mates.

Dear Indyvidual,

«Why, are you looking for excuses ?»

No, I was just curious.
And if we knew the cause then it will also be easier to find the remedy.

Did not Trump declare war on drugs being shipped to America. IS the war on boats or individuals.
In any case why would you let a drug smuggler live.
America's Trump has not said a lot about from where the fentinal supplies originate from. That says something of it's own.

"Did not Trump declare war on drugs being shipped to America. IS the war on boats or individuals."

Did George W Bush declare a War on Terror and then invade Iraq on false pretenses of non-existent WMD's?
(Wars for Israel in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Iran)

Did George W Bush then give a Presidential order to conduct torture in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay?
(That's where the slide may have started.)

It wasn't about terror then, and it's not about drugs now.

"In any case why would you let a drug smuggler live."
- Depends, Australian governments a drug dealer now you know.
After years of courts, fines and finger waving they decided to get in on the profits instead.

Just tell the doctor you're having trouble sleeping.
And you'll be down the cannabis dispensary being offered your choice of high grade weed to limit your suffering before you know it.
And you'll probably sleep right through till Sunday too.

"America's Trump has not said a lot about from where the fentanyl supplies originate from. That says something of it's own."
- Fentanyl comes mostly from Mexico, and most drugs are shipped on the Pacific side, not the Gulf of Mexico side.

Were the drug dealers attacked by an Apache? Not having the ability to apprehend the suspects was the only reason I could think of for them being strafed. I doubt that the US military could bury something like this, so we should see some answers.