A year into Trump’s boat strike campaign, families search for answers

Rayshawn Charlery stands on a dock in Saint Lucia, his heavy-lidded eyes looking out at the colourful Caribbean fishing boats dotting the bay. He last saw his father, fisherman Joseph “Nathy” William, a week before his disappearance in February.On February 13, William went fishing with Ricky Joseph, a father of four. Neither returned home. Charlery could no longer reach his father.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3US military kills two people in new eastern Pacific Ocean attacklist 2 of 3Trump says US strike killed Tren de Aragua gang boss with Venezuelan helplist 3 of 3US military says strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat kills twoend of listThat same day, the United States military released black-and-white drone footage of a strike on a small vessel in the Caribbean Sea, saying it had killed suspected narcotics traffickers.Charlery has doubts about that account. He fears the slender boat may have been a fishing vessel – namely, the one his father was using the day he went missing. His father, he says, was not a drug smuggler.“All I know is that my father is a fisherman, and he went out to sea and never made it home,” Charlery told the Al Jazeera programme Fault Lines...