Families of Trinidadian men killed in US boat strike demand accountability

The Trump administration has killed at least 239 people in boat strikes that critics denounce as extrajudicial killings.The families of two missing men from the Caribbean country of Trinidad and Tobago have marked the one-year anniversary of their disappearance by calling for accountability from the United States.Since September last year, the US military has undertaken a campaign of attacking small boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, on the basis that they were transporting “narco-terrorists”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3A year into Trump’s boat strike campaign, families search for answerslist 2 of 3‘Handcuffed and blindfolded’: Is the US targeting Ecuadorian fishermen?list 3 of 3US strikes on alleged drug boats may be ‘crimes against humanity’, UN saysend of listBut critics have called the boat strikes an illegal campaign of extrajudicial killings.On Wednesday, the families of Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo issued a statement remembering the two men, who they said were killed in one of the US boat strikes on October 14, 2025.The families are currently pursuing a wrongful death lawsuit in the state of Massachusetts, supported by the American Civil...