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Trump claims U.S. strikes have killed narco-terrorists. AP reveals that several were impoverished Venezuelan fishermen and bus drivers earning $500 per trip — mostly their first smuggling run.

Men lived in poverty, crewing fishing skiffs for traffickers. Relatives demand answers, saying they were killed without due process in what Venezuela termed “extrajudicial executions.”

The U.S has sunk 17 vessels, killing more than 60 people.

GÜIRIA, Venezuela — One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet. And a fourth was a down-on-his-luck bus driver.

The men had little in common beyond their Vene

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