Covert CIA program said to be behind mysterious attacks on Galápagos boats
The investigation says surveillance flights and drone attacks tracked three fishing boats, and survivors described English-speaking assailants in uniforms with American flag patches.
- Investigations published by The Washington Post and The New York Times revealed that a series of mysterious attacks on Ecuadorian fishing vessels near the Galápagos Islands was conducted as part of a covert CIA program authorized by President Donald Trump.
- Survivors of attacks on the Fiorella, Don Maca, and Negra Francisca Duarte II describe being targeted by English-speaking assailants wearing uniforms with American flag patches who allegedly used drones to strike and detain them.
- While the Pentagon denies involvement, claiming U.S. Southern Command had no role, Brian Finucane of the International Crisis Group called the situation "even more squirrelly" given the U.S. maintains an "overt maritime strike campaign."
- The disappearance of the Fiorella in January with eight crew members prompted international rights groups to demand investigations, while families of victims in Colombia and Trinidad filed wrongful death lawsuits against the United States.
- Government officials in Colombia and Venezuela have contradicted U.S. assertions regarding Operation Southern Spear, an anti-drug campaign the administration claims targeted smugglers, as rights groups press for accountability over these extrajudicial strikes.
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The cases investigated include the disappearance of the fishing vessel Fiorella, which occurred in January, whose eight crew members are still missing.
The Washington Post reveals this: at least three boats blown up from January to March, eight dead and forty captured. The magistrate in charge of investigating the incidents was murdered three months ago
Eight crew members are missing and considered dead after one of the "secret operations" strikes.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kwak Min-seo = It was revealed on the 13th (local time) that the attack on an Ecuadorian fishing boat earlier this year was a top-secret operation by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)...
According to The Washington Post, attacks and interceptions against fishing vessels in Ecuador's waters were part of a CIA covert operation, linking the agency to the disappearance of eight people and drone attacks near the Galapagos Islands.
The attacks on fishing vessels in Ecuadorian waters at the beginning of the year were part of a covert CIA operation.
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