The Minister of National Security of Trinidad and Tobago, Roger Alexander, assured in a local program that one of the two dead Trinidadian citizens, identified as Richie Samaroo and Chad ‘Charpo’ Joseph, was arrested in 2018 for drug trafficking.
The authorities of Trinidad and Tobago requested collaboration in an investigation from the relatives of the two Trinidadians who died in the US military attack earlier this week against a vessel in international waters near Venezuela.
The Minister of National Security of Trinidad and Tobago, Roger Alexander, assured in a local program that one of the two dead Trinidadian citizens, identified as Richie Samaroo and Chad ‘Charpo’ Joseph, was arrested in 2018 for drug trafficking, despite the fact that those close to them deny these facts.
The relatives of the two deceased Trinidadians condemned the attack on Thursday and called it “inhuman” and “unjustified,” according to media reports. “I know this person very well from the past and we are very aware of his behavior, his actions and what he used to do,” Alexander said.
The head of Trinidadian National Security emphasized that he doubts that the individual was in that boat with five other people to fish, which is the version that his relatives gave to the local media.
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“We would love for the family to come, bring documents and meet with the Police to provide a full report, so that the officers know exactly what to work with,” the minister stressed.
On the other hand, the spokesperson for the ‘Fishermen and Friends of the Sea’ organization of Trinidad and Tobago, Gary Aboud, said on Thursday that two Trinidadians were among the six people killed in the US military air attack.
Aboud stated that as a result of the attacks, local fishermen are afraid to go out to fish.
«People are terrified by the risk of being killed at sea. Personally, I am very upset with our country’s position of bringing in American warships and allowing them to avoid the judicial process,” the secretary of the non-governmental organization said on a local radio station.
At the end of August, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago showed its support for the United States’ decision to deploy “military resources” in the Caribbean, near the territorial waters of Venezuela, due to the increase in violence due to the presence of “terrorist drug cartels” in the region.
*Journalism in Venezuela is carried out in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments in place to punish the word, especially the laws “against hate”, “against fascism” and “against the blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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