“The US military has carried out at least 6 strikes to date on 6 separate boats in the Caribbean, but Thursday’s was not made public by the administration – unlike the previous 5 strikes – and appeared to be the 1st time an attack had not instantly killed everyone on board.“
Did they attempt rescue?Likely murdered this week on Trump’s orders:

“Chad Joseph, a 26-year-old from Trinidad and Tobago who had been living in Venezuela in recent months, told his family he would soon be taking a short boat ride back home. He has yet to return, and now his family fears the worst.“One of the functions of these murderous attacks is testing for compliance. Trump and Hegseth are figuring out who will obey illegal orders and who is likely to object.And there you have it. These strikes are clearly not legal. Pete will push commanders aside until he finds one who won’t question these extrajudicial killings. #SOUTHCOM“The U.S. military’s elite Special Operations aviation unit appears to have flown in Caribbean waters less than 90 miles from the coast of Venezuela in recent days, according to a visual analysis by The Washington Post.“
Three B-52 bombers have also been flying off the coast. This is insane.“US forces took multiple people into custody and have detained them aboard a Navy vessel in the region, people familiar with the matter said.“

Will they be heard from again if it turns out they were fishing or ferrying passengers?“The survivors of this strike now face an unclear future and legal landscape, including questions about whether they are now considered to be prisoners of war or defendants in a criminal case.“

They are also witnesses to Trump’s murders. Let’s hope they remain safe.WHOA. The AP reports that in the latest strike on a boat alleged to be carrying drug smugglers (which has never been proven), there were actually survivors, and they've been rescued.

The Pentagon has yet to formally acknowledge they have survivors in custody.
apnews.com/article/vene...Trump now claims it was a “drug submarine” which is almost certainly incorrect. There are very few proper drug submarines, but there are many low profile semisubmersibles which remain 90% below the water, but cannot actually dive. Here’s an example:Trump: "We attacked a submarine. That was a drug-carrying submarine built specifically for the transportation of massive amounts of drugs. Just so you understand. This was not an innocent group of people. I don't know too many people that have submarines."October 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM“Sen. Kaine, a longtime proponent of Congress' powers to declare war, filed the resolution late Thursday, a move that will force the Senate to take up the legislation after a 10-day waiting period. Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., co-sponsored the plan.““The men who survived were being returned to their home countries, Colombia and Ecuador.”

One day, they’re dangerous “narco-terrorists” who require summary execution. The next day, they get sent home because Trump doesn’t want to hold a legal hot potato. Trump’s entire drug war is bullshit.Trump is deluded. Venezuela has nothing to do with fentanyl — that gets added in Mexico. If snorting cocaine causes instant death, then explain Don Jr. Also, it wasn’t a submarine they hit — it was a fiberglass semisubmersible which cannot dive. Here are some examples:Trump's comments on the strike on narco sub“Relatives of a Trinidadian man who say he was killed in a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Caribbean this week are demanding evidence to back up allegations by U.S. President Donald Trump that those who died were trafficking drugs.“President Petro accuses US of hitting Colombian fishing boat in distress and murdering Alejandro Carranza.Don’t let facts get in the way of your racist tantrum, Donald.🙄President Donald Trump accused the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, of being an “illegal drug dealer” and said the country will no longer receive US aid.🚨🚨🚨Hegseth has now struck a boat belonging to the ELN guerrillas — bringing the US into a shooting war with group that has been fighting the Colombian govt since 1964! Meanwhile, Tump cut off aid to Colombia claiming President Petro was in league with traffickers.🙄
This is insanely dangerous!!!🚨🚨🚨Hegseth’s reference to Al Qaeda is a reckless red herring and not the first time the US has tried to tie them to Colombia. After 9/11 Amb. Rand Beers insinuated the FARC was allied with Al Qaeda and had to retract it under oath. Islamic fundamentalists share little in common with Colombian Marxists!Ambrose Bierce once wrote: “War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.”

Trump has NO IDEA of the complicated history of this region and its conflicts. Colombia has been in civil war for my entire life. Trump is blowing things up left and right. This is how the US lunges into quagmires!🔥🔥🔥Every day is like an Epiphany calendar of quagmires, tragedies, and debacles. What disasters will Trump bomb us into tomorrow? ¯_(ツ)_/¯Would be really great if the administration could at least limit its illegal threats to other countries in the Americas to one at a time.

(Although as originally drafted, this Truth referred to Columbia rather than Colombia. Easy to be confused when you're making illegal threats against both.)