"The families of two Trinidadian nationals killed by U.S. strikes in the South Caribbean earlier this year have filed an unlawful death lawsuit against the Trump administration in what is being seen as the first of many that will follow in the coming months. The suit has been filed in a federal court in Massachusetts and accuses the U.S. and its military, by extension of unlawfully killing Chad Joseph, 26, and Rishi Samaroo, 41, residents of Las Cuevas in northern Trinidad in October of last year."
"Burnley vs the US was filed this week by a group of human rights attorneys with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and makes it clear that it seeks to hold the government accountable and responsible for the deaths of the two men whose families say they were simply on a boat heading home from Venezuela after working there. Four others on the boat were also killed. The plaintiffs or complainants in this case are Lenore Burnley, the mother of Chad Joseph and Sally Korasingh, Rishi Samaroo's sister."
Two Trinidadian nationals, Chad Joseph, 26, and Rishi Samaroo, 41, were killed by U.S. strikes in the South Caribbean while reportedly returning by boat from Venezuela in October. Their families have filed an unlawful death lawsuit in federal court in Massachusetts, naming the U.S. government and military and seeking compensation under the Death on the High Seas Act and the Alien Tort Statute. The case, Burnley v. United States, was filed with help from human rights attorneys and the ACLU and alleges the killings were extrajudicial homicides. Plaintiffs note President Trump publicly admitted ordering strikes and allege scant evidence of drug trafficking by the vessels; four others on the same boat were also killed, and dozens have died in the broader campaign.
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