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With Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar declaring that narco-traffickers should be “killed violently” by the US military, THA Minority Leader and fisherfolk are now questioning the deafening silence of Chief Secretary Farley Augustine regarding Tobago’s stance.
Augustine is now being called on to say whether the island supports the Prime Minister’s tough line or if Tobago will chart its own course in protecting its people and preserving peace, as some Caribbean islands have done publicly.
The concerns followed the September 2 US missile strike in the southern Caribbean, which destroyed a speedboat allegedly linked to Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang. The US said the vessel was carrying drugs, but no suspects were arrested, and no evidence has yet been released publicly. Eleven people were reportedly killed.
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