International relations expert Dr Anthony Gonzales disagrees with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s openly defiant stance on alleged narco-traffickers and her support of US military action over the last eight weeks, which left 61 suspected narco-traffickers dead.

He said while it is necessary to take a hard line on suspected drug traffickers, due process must be upheld.

Gonzales' views mirror those of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, who criticised the action by US armed forces to kill suspected drug traffickers.