Venezuela at the UN condemns latest US strike in Caribbean
Venezuela at the UN condemns latest US strike in Caribbean
Venezuela’s ambassador to the U_N_ is condemning a recent U_S_ strike on a small boat in Caribbean waters that killed six people, calling it “a new set of extrajudicial executions.”
LAS CUEVAS, Trinidad -- LAS CUEVAS, Trinidad (AP) — Venezuela’s ambassador to the U.N., Samuel Moncada, condemned on Thursday a recent U.S. strike on a small boat in Caribbean waters that killed six people, calling it “a new set of extrajudicial executions.”
He called on the U.N. Security Council to investigate what he called a “series of assassinations,” noting there have been five lethal attacks and 27 reported deaths since the strikes in the Caribbean began in September , targeting what U.S. officials say are suspected drug traffickers.
Among those believed to be killed in the latest strike that occurred Tuesday are two fishermen from Trinidad and Tobago, whom Moncada referenced in his speech.
As Moncada spoke at the U.N. on Thursday, people in the sleepy fishing town of Las Cuevas in northern Trinidad mourned the disappearance of Chad Joseph. His relatives believe he was killed in the strike, although they offered no other evidence that he was aboard the boat that was hit.
“People are crying. Why is Donald Trump destroying families?” Afisha Clement, Joseph’s cousin, told The Associated Press.
She said Joseph had moved to Venezuela six months ago and was working on farms in hopes of earning more money.
But in recent weeks, Clement said he told the family that he was disappointed with the money he was making and planned to come back home.
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