Ecuador releases survivor of US strike on alleged drug-trafficking submarine

<p>Officials say they have no evidence man had committed a crime, after Trump called people on submarine ‘terrorists’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/21/us-strikes-caribbean-cia-role">CIA playing ‘most important part’ in US strikes in the Caribbean, sources say</a></p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ecuador">Ecuador</a> has released a man who survived a US strike on a suspected drug-trafficking submarine, after finding no evidence that he had committed a crime, the attorney general’s office has said.</p><p>The United States has deployed warships to the Caribbean off the coast of Venezuela since August, attacking mostly boats that US authorities said were running drugs.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/21/ecuador-releases-survivor-us-strike-submarine">Continue reading...</a>