Survivors of US strike on ‘drug vessel’ to be sent back to Ecuador, Colombia

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The pair were picked up by the US military after American forces attacked a submersible vessel in the Caribbean

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The Pentagon on Saturday posted a short video of the strike on an alleged drug-carrying submersible in the Caribbean. Image: US Department of Defence

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The two survivors of an American military strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean will be sent to Ecuador and Colombia, their home countries, US President Donald Trump said on Saturday.

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The military rescued the pair after striking a submersible vessel on Thursday, in what was at least the sixth such attack since early September.

“It was my great honor to destroy a very large DRUG-CARRYING SUBMARINE that was navigating towards the United States on a well known narcotrafficking transit route,” Trump said in a social media post.

“U.S. Intelligence confirmed this vessel was loaded up with mostly Fentanyl, and other illegal narcotics.”

After Trump’s announcement, the Pentagon posted on social media a brief black and white video of the strike.

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In the clip, a vessel can be seen moving through the waves, its front portion submerged inches below the water’s surface. Then, several explosions are seen, with at least one over the back of the vessel.

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