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Trump to return "Drug Smugglers" to Colombia/Ecuador after Murder their Hombres
| AZNgirl asking AZNman why he didn't hit 4 homers | 10/18/25 |
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Date: October 18th, 2025 2:35 PM Author: AZNgirl asking AZNman why he didn't hit 4 homers So if the US is at war against "drug traffickers" tied to Venezuela's regime
And Trump blows up their submersible
Does it maek sense Trump then returns two who survived back to other countries? Does this sound right to u Trumpkins? Sounds like they illegally assassinated civilans in violation of the laws of internationals
U.S. to repatriate survivors of drug boat strike to Colombia, Ecuador It is unclear if they have any links to Venezuelan criminal organizations. October 18, 2025 at 1:46 p.m. EDT17 minutes ago 3 min
Summary
President Donald Trump during a bilateral lunch at the White House on Friday. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) By Alex Horton and Tara Copp The United States plans to repatriate two alleged drug traffickers to Colombia and Ecuador after military forces attacked their vessel in the Caribbean on Thursday, people familiar with the matter said. Facing questions about the legality of the strikes, the Trump administration has sought to justify the killings by claiming the U.S. is in “armed conflict” with Latin American drug cartels that are linked to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s effort to dispatch drugs and criminals to the U.S. The alleged drug runners were expected to repatriated this weekend, the people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive and ongoing operations. It is unclear if the two suspects have any links to Venezuelan criminal organizations. They did not have serious injuries from the strike, said two of the people familiar with the matter. It was not clear why the survivors were being returned to their home countries if this military strike was in response to a declared armed conflict.
Follow Trump’s second term Follow The Colombian Embassy in Washington declined to comment. The Ecuadorian Embassy in Washington, the State Department and the Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In previous armed conflicts, such as the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, when U.S. troops came in contact with enemy fighters and there were survivors, those fighters were taken prisoner. In drug interdictions that occurred before President Donald Trump began ordering armed strikes on boats, drug runners were detained by U.S. law enforcement and charged. Since the strikes began in September, U.S. forces have killed at least 27 people, according to the administration — though officials have not provided evidence of drugs onboard the vessels nor the identities of the victims. This was the first time there were survivors. People familiar with Thursday’s strike said the suspects were targeted while in a semisubmersible, a vessel that moves through the water partially submerged but cannot fully dive like a submarine. These homemade “narco subs,” as they are sometimes called, have operated in the region for years but are rarely used, suggesting drug traffickers may be shifting to slower but more covert means in an attempt to evade increasing U.S. surveillance efforts. The boat strikes have coincided with a military buildup in the Caribbean, including U.S. warships, Special Operations personnel and fighter jets. The administration has taken an increasingly hostile stance toward Maduro, whom Trump has accused of sending drugs and violent criminals into the U.S. Washington doubled the bounty to up to $50 million for information leading to the arrest and or conviction of Maduro on violating U.S. drug laws. The buildup of U.S. forces has fueled speculation that Trump is ultimately focused on removing Maduro from power, but the disclosure that it has targeted alleged traffickers from other countries could further spur debate on Capitol Hill and among human rights groups of whether the strikes amount to extrajudicial killings.
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