# A year into Trump’s boat strike campaign, families search for answers

https://mins.news/en/item/42468

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-02 17:35 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/2/a-year-into-trumps-boat-strike-campaign-families-search-for-answers?traffic_source=rss

> The Trump administration says its strikes killed “narcoterrorists,” but families in Saint Lucia fear fishermen Joseph “Nathy” William and Ricky Joseph were among the victims. Since September 2, 2025, US forces have bombed dozens of unidentified vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, killing more than 220 people. Experts say the campaign may amount to extrajudicial killings under international law.

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