A new Reuters/Ipsos survey shows that nearly half of US citizens oppose Washington’s unauthorized attacks on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific. Forty-eight percent of respondents said they reject carrying out these strikes without a judge’s approval, while 34 percent expressed support and the rest were unsure. The divide isn’t cleanly partisan: two-thirds of Republicans back the strikes, but almost one-fifth oppose them. Among Democrats, opposition reaches 80 percent. The same survey shows strong disapproval of President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, with 64 percent against the move and just 8 percent in support.

Public skepticism toward US policy in Latin America appears to be growing. A November poll already showed strong distrust toward Washington’s push for a regime-change war in Venezuela. That sentiment deepened after leaked intelligence assessments contradicted Trump’s claims about Venezuela producing fentanyl or directing gang activity inside the US. Earlier this year, intelligence officials who authored those assessments were fired, and longstanding reports from US agencies have continued to state that the so-called Cartel de los Soles does not exist as a real criminal organization and that Caracas is not tied to the Tren de Aragua network.

Meanwhile, the human toll of the US strikes is mounting. At least 87 people have been kil-led since September in attacks on alleged narco-boats, including fishermen from Colombia, Ecuador, and Trinidad and Tobago. One of the operations, Southern Spear, included a “double tap” strike that killed two survivors stranded at sea. The rising casualty count has prompted bipartisan lawmakers to introduce a resolution that would block any US military attack on Venezuela unless Congress authorizes it, underscoring growing pressure at home to rein in unilateral military actions abroad.