They assumed the identities of the fishermen they blew up would never come out:

[tblue37]

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

— Michael Paarlberg (@mpaarlberg.bsky.social) 2025-09-29T15:42:09.521Z

[spanone]

1. K&R

[Permanut]

2. Sounds like murder, premeditated.

[Hekate]

3. Thank the journalists, for digging up the gacts

[Deuxcents]

4. No one thought that these people would be missed..didn't have families?

[ret5hd]

7. none that counted...to this maladministration.

[Bayard]

5. Big K&R

trump didn't shoot someone on 5th Ave, he bombed them on the high seas, and seems to be getting away with it.

Murder.

[usonian]

6. The emperor views other people as pawns to be played.

Or other pieces.



No regard for human life. A true sociopath.

[IzzaNuDay]

8. Confirmed my skepticism

I just didn't believe these killings were only about drugs, just the common person trying to make a living. Today's NYT article confirmed that whatever Cheeto said was a lie. Innocent lives lost.

[tazcat]

9. Thought they were fishermen all along.

[struggle4progress]

10. Big strong men with tears in their eyes now want to give him a Nobel Prize!

[Cha]

11. This is Incredibly Heartbreaking! Those

who were saying at first that it might NOT be Drug runners but Fishermen were absolutely Correct.

I hope the Venezuelan Gov will Help the Families of the Murdered Fishermen by the US Government.

Shame on the Drone operators

[Buddyzbuddy]

12. Crime against humanity, resulting in death by murder count 1.