A day after Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissesssar asserted that there was no evidence of Trinidadians being killed during the United States military’s lethal kinetic boat strike campaign, the families of Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo are set to ask the High Court of Trinidad and Tobago to declare both men legally dead.

Joseph’s mother, Lenore Burnley and Samaroo’s sister, Sallycar Korasingh will appear before the High Court next week, requesting an order declaring both men legally deceased, months after the October 14, 2025, strike in Caribbean waters that US officials say killed six.

DEAD: Rishi Samaroo