Ecuadorian fishermen who survived US boat strikes sue Trump administration
The Guardian US reports that 16 Ecuadorian fishermen are suing the US government after surviving a US military drone attack in the Pacific Ocean on 17 March. According to the outlet, the strike sank their boat, the La Negra Francesca Duarte II, and left two of the men with serious burns from the explosions. The Guardian says the attack was part of a Trump administration military campaign against what it calls "narco-terrorism," which the outlet reports has killed nearly 250 people.
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Ecuadorian fishermen who survived US boat strikes sue Trump administration
US military has killed nearly 250 people in attack on ‘narco-terrorism’, and on 17 March, sank the 16 plaintiffs’ boat, leaving two with serious burns More than a dozen Ecuadorian fishermen are suing the US government after they survived a military drone attack in the Pacific ocean earlier this year that sank their boat and left two of them with serious burns from the explosions. The 17 March attack on the La Negra Francesca Duarte II was part of the Trump administration’s Operation Southern Spe
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