US airstrike survivors clung to boat wreckage for an hour before second deadly attack, video shows
Footage seen by US senators shows two unarmed, shirtless men struggling to stay afloat before they were killed, sources sayExperts say Trump’s ‘drug boat’ war is legally shakyTwo men who survived a US airstrike on a suspected drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean clung to the wreckage for an...
<p>Footage seen by US senators shows two unarmed, shirtless men struggling to stay afloat before they were killed, sources say</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/venezuela-boat-strikes-legality-hegseth">Experts say Trump’s ‘drug boat’ war is legally shaky</a></p></li></ul><p>Two men who survived a US airstrike on a suspected drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean clung to the wreckage for an hour before they were killed in a second attack, according <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/video-second-boat-strike-military-caribbean">a video of the episode shown to senators</a> in Washington.</p><p>The men were shirtless, unarmed and carried no visible radio or other communications equipment. They also appeared to have no idea what had just hit them, or that the US military was weighing whether to finish them off, two sources familiar with the recording told Reuters.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/us-airstrike-survivors-clung-to-boat-wreckage-for-an-hour-before-second-deadly-attack-video-shows">Continue reading...</a>
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