The families of several Trinidadian men killed by U.S. airstrikes in the Caribbean filed wrongful death suits.
A first-of-its-kind lawsuit was brought against the United States on Tuesday by the families of two men killed in a U.S. airstrike on suspected drug boats.
Chad Joseph, 26, and Rishi Samaroo, 41, were returning to Trinidad from Venezuela with four other men on Oct. 14 when they were killed by the strike, which was the fifth authorized by President Donald Trump in the Caribbean. Their families are suing for wrongful death. Attorneys from the ACLU, Seton Hall University and the Center for Constitutional Rights are representing the families in Massachusetts federal district court.
