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Civ­il rights at­tor­neys have filed a fed­er­al law­suit against the US gov­ern­ment on be­half of the fam­i­lies of two Trinida­di­an men who were killed when their fish­ing pirogue was blown up dur­ing one of the ear­ly mil­i­tary airstrikes off the coast of Venezuela last year.

The law­suit, filed by the Amer­i­can Civ­il Lib­er­ties Union (ACLU) last Fri­day, is seek­ing re­dress for the fam­i­lies of Chad Joseph and Rishi Sama­roo, who were killed on Oc­to­ber 14, 2025, as they were re­turn­ing home from Venezuela.

The 26-year-old Joseph and the 41-year-old Sama­roo—both of whom were from Las Cuevas—were re­port­ed­ly re­turn­ing af­ter work­ing on a farm and fish­ing over the course of eight months.