The family of Chad Joseph, a 26-year-old fisherman from Las Cuevas, Trinidad, has reported him missing to the police, suspecting he may have been one of two Trinidadians killed in a US military strike in the Caribbean in October. Joseph, a resident of Salvary Lane, St. Michael’s Village, has been missing since April 25. His relative filed the missing person report on November 1 at the Maracas Bay police station, stating that she last spoke to him on the morning of his disappearance when he mentioned going fishing. Joseph and Rishi Samaroo are believed to have been casualties of the October 14 strike, part of a US-led operation targeting narcotics trafficking. Foreign and Caricom Affairs Minister Sean Sobers, during a post-Cabinet media briefing on October 30, emphasized that there is no evidence linking the men’s deaths to the military strike. He clarified that the operation occurred in international waters, beyond Trinidad and Tobago’s national jurisdiction and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Sobers also pledged to assist Samaroo’s relatives, who faced challenges filing a missing person report at the Barataria Police Station, by contacting the Minister of Homeland Security and the Commissioner of Police. Investigations into the incident are ongoing.
Family of Las Cuevas fisherman supected killed in US strike report him ‘missing’
