Ecuadorian fishermen who survived US boat strikes sue Trump administration

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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 Spear campaign, announced in November 2025 ostensibly to counter “narco-terrorists” it said operated…

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The Trump administration is facing a lawsuit from 16 Ecuadorian fishermen who allege U.S. forces abducted and abused them after a military drone strike sank their boat in March, the Guardian reported Saturday. The crew of the La Negra Francisca Duarte II plans to file the...

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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...