"A few months after the execution of a boat strike in the Trump administration's then-ongoing pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro's Venezuelan regime, two Trinidadian families are seeking justice in the American court system for the killing of their loved ones. On Tuesday, they filed the first wrongful death lawsuit to stem from the series of boat strikes that killed at least 126 people this autumn and winter in the build-up to the brief U.S. invasion of Venezuela,"
"At the time, Donald Trump himself posted online that the strike had killed six "narcoterrorists," without offering any evidence that they had been engaged in drug smuggling or distribution. Hegseth likewise proudly exhibited the footage of the boat being blown to bits off the coast of Venezuela in his own social media posting, footage that you'd better believe will end up showing up in this lawsuit if it goes to trial."
Two Trinidadian families filed the first U.S. wrongful death lawsuit alleging that a U.S. missile strike killed their relatives during a series of boat strikes that killed at least 126 people in the buildup to a brief U.S. invasion of Venezuela. The suit identifies an Oct. 14, 2025 strike as the fifth in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's military buildup in Venezuelan waters and the Caribbean/Pacific. The men killed were named Chad Joseph, 26, and Rishi Samaroo, 41. Donald Trump posted that the strike killed six "narcoterrorists" without offering evidence, and Hegseth posted footage of the boat being destroyed. The families are represented by the ACLU, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Professor Johnath
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