Venezuelan Village Grieves After US Naval Strike Kills Eleven

A Venezuelan fishing village, San Juan de Unare, is in mourning after 11 of its residents were killed in a U.S. naval strike on a boat suspected of carrying drugs. Despite the Venezuelan government’s claims that the incident was fabricated using artificial intelligence, family and friends of the deceased have rejected these assertions, posting photographs to identify the deceased. The boat, which according to the U.S. originated from San Juan de Unare, was part of ongoing Caribbean naval operations aimed at combatting drug trafficking. The strike has drawn international criticism, including from Colombia, for killing suspected traffickers rather than capturing them.