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Ecuador Releases Survivor of US Strike in Caribbean

  • On Thursday, the United States destroyed a submersible bound for the United States, killing two and leaving two survivors, whom President Donald Trump said are being returned to Ecuador and Colombia for detention and prosecution.
  • Trump defends the strikes as part of an `armed conflict` against cartels labeled as foreign terrorist organizations by executive order, relying on legal reasoning used by the George W. Bush administration that includes authority to capture, detain, and use lethal force.
  • U.S. military personnel rescued both survivors by helicopter and held them aboard a U.S. Navy ship; Andrés Fernando Tufiño was released Monday by Ecuadorian prosecutors while Colombia's survivor remains hospitalized and faces prosecution.
  • The strikes have prompted diplomatic tension in the region as Colombia recalled its ambassador and last week Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey would step down amid friction.
  • The Thursday strike is part of a series that dates to September, with a seventh attack on Friday pushing total deaths to at least 32, and Trump said U.S. intelligence found the vessel carried `mostly fentanyl and other illegal drugs`.
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