US has seized survivors of attack on alleged narco-sub in Caribbean

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian and agencies

US has seized survivors of attack on alleged narco-sub in Caribbean

In the six attacks on similar vessels launched by Trump, this is the first where any survivors have been reported

Guardian Staff and agencies in Washington
Fri 17 Oct 2025 19.47 BST
First published on Fri 17 Oct 2025 18.30 BST

The US has seized survivors of a military strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, the first since Donald Trump began launching deadly attacks in the region last month, according to officials in Washington.

Trump later confirmed the attack, telling reporters that the targeted vessel was a narco-submarine.

“We attacked a submarine, and that was a drug-carrying submarine built specifically for the transportation of massive amounts of drugs,” Trump said while hosting the Ukrainian president at the White House.

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Thursday’s attack is believed to be at least the sixth strike in the waters off Venezuela since early September, and the first to result in survivors who were picked up by the US military. It was not immediately clear what would be done with the survivors, who the officials said were being held on a US navy vessel.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/17/survivors-caribbean-boat-strike-us-military-custody

[Vogon_Glory]

1. Whatever the legality of Donald John's attacks on Caribbean watercraft, I doubt

that those submersibles are out there for a pleasure cruise.

[Igel]

3. Call them "fishing vessels" and get on with it.

All they have to do is open the hatch underwater and let the fish gush in, I guess.

But if this really is a true allegation, this means at least some of the "script" needs a wee bit o' revising.

[usonian]

2. Trump: We don't want to be the policemen of the world BY BRETT SAMUELS - 04/30/18

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/385521-trump-we-dont-want-to-be-the-policemen-of-the-world/

President Trump on Monday said the U.S. should no longer serve as the “policemen of the world.”

“We more and more are not wanting to be the policemen of the world,” Trump said during a joint press conference with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.

“We’re spending tremendous amounts of money for decades policing the world, and that shouldn’t be the priority,” he said. “We want to police ourselves and we want to rebuild our country. And the president understands that.”{mosads}

Trump ran on the promise that he would extricate the U.S. from foreign wars.

And release the Epstein files (2024) ?