"The Trump administration is moving to send the two survivors of Thursday's strike in the Caribbean overseas rather than seek long-term military detention for them, four US officials and a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Saturday. The source, who like the US officials spoke on condition of anonymity, said the survivors were being sent to Colombia and Ecuador."
"In a statement on Truth Social, Donald Trump said: It was my great honor to destroy a very large DRUG-CARRYING SUBMARINE that was navigating towards the United States on a well known narcotrafficking transit route. The president added that US intelligence had confirmed the boat was loaded up with mostly Fentanyl, and other illegal narcotics and there were four known narcoterrorists on board the vessel."
"The two surviving terrorists are being returned to their Countries of origin, Ecuador and Colombia, for detention and prosecution, Trump said."
The Trump administration will send the two survivors of a US strike on a semi-submersible in the Caribbean to Colombia and Ecuador rather than seek long-term US military detention. The semi-submersible was suspected of trafficking illegal narcotics, and the strike killed two other crew members. US forces staged a helicopter rescue and transported the survivors to an American navy warship where they were detained. Officials expect the survivors to eventually be sent to their home countries. President Donald Trump said intelligence confirmed the vessel carried mostly fentanyl and other narcotics and identified four narcoterrorists. Sending the survivors abroad avoids complex legal questions about military detention for suspected drug traffickers.
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