US govt hit with lawsuit over Trinis killed in military strike
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January 28, 2026
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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.
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