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He survived a US military boat strike. Despite a drug record, his family says he’s a fisherman caught in Trump’s war at sea

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By David Culver, Abel Alvarado, Michael Rios, Avery Schmitz, CNN Santa Elena Province, Ecuador (CNN) — The last time Andrés Fernando Tufiño Chila’s sister heard from him was about a year ago when he told her he was heading out to fish for work, she said. Last week, she was shocked to learn that her brother was aboard an alleged drug vessel that was struck by the US military. Tufiño Chila, 41, was one of two people who survived last week’s strike…

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The sister of an alleged St. Helena fisherman had not heard from him for a year, until a few days ago, she learned that her brother was one of the two survivors of the military attack that the United States carried out against an alleged narcosubmarine in the Caribbean Sea.

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The last time Andrés Fernando Tufiño Chila's sister heard from him was about a year ago, when he told her he was going fishing for work, she told CNN. Last week, she learned that…

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By David Culver, Abel Alvarado, Michael Rios and Avery Schmitz, CNN The last time Andrés Fernando Tufiño Chila's sister heard from him was about a year ago, when she told him that she would go fishing for work, as she told CNN. Last week, she learned that her brother was aboard a boat allegedly linked to drug trafficking that, according to U.S. authorities, was intercepted by the U.S. Armed Forces. Tufiño Chila, 41, was one of two survivors of t…

On October 18, US President Donald Trump published the video of an attack, which took place two days before, against a semi-submersible ship in the Caribbean Sea... Read More

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CNN broke the news in Atlanta, United States on Wednesday, October 22, 2025.
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