The 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.

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• Families 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.

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