WASHINGTON: "The United States took survivors into custody after its military struck a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, the first attack that anyone escaped alive since President Donald Trump began launching deadly attacks in the region last month, a defense official and another person familiar with the matter said Friday. The strike Thursday brought the death toll from the Trump administration’s military action against vessels in the region to at least 28.
It 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 U.S. military. It was not immediately clear what would be done with the survivors, who the people said were being held on a U.S. Navy vessel.
For the survivors of Thursday’s strike, the saga is hardly over. They now face an unclear future and legal landscape, including questions about whether they are now considered to be prisoners of war or defendants in a criminal case. The White House did not comment on the strike."
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