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Trump Announces Repatriation of Survivors From U.S. Strike on Drug Submarine
United States President Donald Trump announced that two survivors of a US military strike on a suspected drug-smuggling submarine in the Caribbean will be returned to their home countries, Ecuador and Colombia, for detention and prosecution. The US military intercepted and struck the submersible vessel on Thursday, marking at least the sixth such operation since early September targeting drug-trafficking routes. According to U.S. intelligence, the submarine was heavily loaded with fentanyl and ...