US EditionFirst wrongful death lawsuit filed against Trump administration over drug boat strikes
- On Jan. 27, 2026, the families of Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo filed a wrongful-death suit in Massachusetts over the October 14 missile strike that killed six, including the two Trinidadian men.
- The Oct. 14 strike targeted a boat traveling from Venezuela to Trinidad and killed all six aboard, with the Trump administration framing it as part of a campaign since early September that hit three dozen boats and killed at least 125 people.
- The lawsuit contends the killings occurred outside armed conflict and invokes the Death on the High Seas Act and Alien Tort Statute, noting the Trinidadian government had no information linking the victims to illegal activities.
- The case could give courts a first look at the strikes' legal justification, as the lawsuit filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union seeks only damages and the U.S. Defense Department declined to comment.
- Family members urged accountability; Baher Azmy called the killings `lawless,' and Sallycar Korasingh said, `If the U.S. government believed Rishi had done anything wrong, it should have arrested, charged, and detained him, not murdered him.
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Trump administration sued over 2 deaths in Venezuela boat strike | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
BOSTON >> Family members of two men killed in a U.S. missile strike against a suspected drug boat that was traveling from Venezuela filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday, alleging the pair were murdered in a “manifestly unlawful” military campaign targeting civilian vessels.
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BizTocThe US is facing a wrongful-death lawsuit after a lethal strike on a boat it says was smuggling drugs
The US killed six men when it fired at the vessel off the coast of Venezuela on October 14, 2025.US President Donald Trump's TruthSocialFamilies of two Trinidadian nationals said to have been killed by US strikes on boats in the Caribbean have filed a lawsuit.The lawsuit called the strikes "unlawful."This is thought to be the first lawsuit filed in federal court against the Trump administration regarding the strike campaign.The US armed forces h…
In connection with the US attacks on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean, the families of two victims have sued President Trump's government.
Trump Admin Sued By Families of Boat Strike Victims - News From Antiwar.com
The families of two men who were killed by a US strike on their boat in the Caribbean Sea have used the White House to demand justice for the wrongful deaths of their loved ones. The lawsuit alleges that Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo, who were killed by a US…
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