Po­lice be­lieve the body that washed ashore at Cumana is that of one of the peo­ple on board a boat sus­pect­ed of car­ry­ing drugs, arms, and am­mu­ni­tion which was de­stroyed by a US bat­tle­ship while at sea ear­li­er this week.

The body was dis­cov­ered around 9:30 pm on Cumana To­co Beach.

Ac­cord­ing to po­lice, the de­ceased is a Venezue­lan na­tion­al. His right hand and right foot were miss­ing, a piece of cloth­ing was tied around his neck, and his body showed signs of burns.