I've been wondering the same thing and haven't seen reporting yet on who the victims are or their families. I figure there's a decent chance that they are running drugs. Or, at least some of them are.
That being said, I'd totally run drugs if it was the only way to feed my family or they were being threatened. Just like the labor that farms coca, low level workers are mostly ethically blameless in my view.
That shit has to be terrifying, going out in a little boat knowing a military ship may blow you up. Their poor families have to live with the fear as well. Even worse is if they're doing it under threat.
It's the whole Pablo Escobar thing, I could give a fuck less if he gets whacked. However, that doesn't mean some family trying to survive on subsistence farming and growing coca for extra cash deaerves a hellfire missle.
Trichocereus bridgesii, monstrose form. Called penis cactus or toothpick cactus depending on spines. T. bridgesii contains higher levels of alkaloids, including mescaline, than the more commonly used T. Pachnoi "San Pedro". The monstrose form is said to be particularly potent, although it is slower growing.