President Donald Trump announced that the two survivors from a U.S. strike on a vessel in the Caribbean Sea, suspected of carrying drugs, are being sent back to their home countries for prosecution.

“The two surviving terrorists are being returned to their countries of origin, Ecuador and Colombia, for detention and prosecution,” Trump posted on his social media platform Saturday afternoon.

Trump clarified that the vessel targeted was a submarine, noting that U.S. intelligence indicated it was carrying fentanyl and other illegal narcotics.

Repatriating the alleged drug traffickers avoids what could have been a messy legal battle for the administration and a potential challenge to Trump’s ongoing “war” against the cartels. Under U.S. law, unarmed combatants held in military custody are allowed to contest their detention in court, which could complicate the situation.

The OSINT Report added further details: “The U.S. Department of Defense has posted footage showing a drone strike carried out Thursday against a cartel drug semi-submersible, not a submarine as claimed by some officials, in the Southern Caribbean off the coast of Venezuela.” However, such vessels are commonly referred to as subs.

According to U.S. intelligence, the vessel was loaded with illegal drugs, including fentanyl, and was traveling along a known narcotrafficking transit route toward the United States.

The strike resulted in the deaths of two narco-terrorists, while two others survived and were later rescued by the U.S. Navy. These survivors are set to be returned to their home countries of Colombia and Ecuador for further legal action.
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