The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east of Venezuela – the admiral who oversaw the operation told lawmakers on Thursday according to two sources with direct knowledge of his remarks.

Two people who survived an early September U.S. attack on an alleged drug boat were waving overhead before they were killed in a now-controversial second strike, according to two sources.

The new detail further complicates the military’s explanations for its actions during the Sept. 2 strike in the Caribbean Sea.

Legal experts call Pentagon's 'double tap' strike on shipwrecked survivors a textbook war crime, questioning military lawyer's role in operation.

By Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Senior Democratic lawmakers briefed on a U.S. strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean said on Thursday they were troubled by a video showing survivors in distress being killed,

The controversy over who gave the order for a second strike that apparently killed people clinging to an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean has raised important questions about how and where such life-and-death decisions are made.

Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed told 12 News Reporter Ethan Logue he was deeply disturbed by what he saw regarding a US military strike on an alleged drug boat back on September 2.

The Trump administration is facing mounting congressional pushback over more than 20 military strikes in Caribbean, as lawmakers seek to limit Venezuela operations.