"REP. BILL KEATING (D-MA): As everybody on the dais and the witness table is aware, the Department of Defense law of war manual specifies that any order to kill shipwrecked persons in an illegal order would constitute a war crime."
"Without any warning or expectation, this small Ecuadorian fishing vessel, operating about 200 nautical miles off the Galapagos Islands, was militarily engaged by U.S. forces. It was hit once, then it was hit again."
"Survivors described chaos and severe injuries. Our U.S. forces then handcuffed the crew at gunpoint, placed black hoods over their heads, seized and scrubbed their devices, and then held them for days."
Rep. Bill Keating confronted Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during a House Armed Services Committee hearing regarding airstrikes on alleged drug boats. Keating highlighted a September 2 airstrike that killed survivors and a recent strike on an Ecuadoran fishing vessel. He emphasized that the Department of Defense law of war manual defines orders to kill shipwrecked persons as war crimes. Keating described the chaos and injuries inflicted on the Ecuadorian crew, who were later released without evidence of wrongdoing.
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