The U.S. campaign targeting what it says is drug trafficking from Venezuela has exposed Trinidad to the fallout: unidentified bodies with burn marks and missing limbs showing up in its territory.Cumana in Trinidad and Tobago, where two bodies washed ashore.A Mystery in Trinidad as Bodies Wash Ashore After U.S. StrikesThe U.S. campaign targeting what it says is drug trafficking from Venezuela has exposed Trinidad to the fallout: unidentified bodies with burn marks and missing limbs showing up in its territory.Cumana in Trinidad and Tobago, where two bodies washed ashore.Credit...Simon Romero and Prior BeharryVisuals by Federico RiosSimon Romero and Prior Beharry traveled to Cumana on Trinidad’s northeastern coast to examine the mystery involving bodies cast up by the sea after U.S. attacks.Oct. 23, 2025The first body washed ashore on Trinidad’s northeastern coast soon after the United States carried out its first strike in September on a boat in the Caribbean. Villagers said the corpse had burn marks on its face and was missing limbs, as if it had been mangled by an explosion.The tides deposited another corpse on a nearby beach days later, drawing a wake of vultures. Its face was similarly unrecognizable, and its right leg appeared to have been blown off.The bodies have fueled a mystery that is gripping parts of Trinidad and Tobago, the Caribbean nation that is within sight of Venezuela’s coast: Who were they? Did a U.S. strike kill them? Will more bodies appear on Trinidad’s beaches?Simon Romero is a Times correspondent covering Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. He is based in Mexico City.A version of this article appears in print on Oct. 24, 2025, Section A, Page 9 of the New York edition with the headline: A Grisly Mystery Washes Ashore in Trinidad After U.S. Boat Strikes. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | SubscribeRelated ContentAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT