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Colombia's Clan del Golfo commander dies in river accident

Posted to Maritime Reporter on February 2, 2026

According to reports by the illegal armed group in Colombia and the government, Jose Gonzalo Sanchez, the second-in command of Colombia's Clan del Golfo - the largest illegal armed?group in the country - died when the boat he was travelling…

Brazil's prosecutors sue agencies for the Haidar shipwreck and environmental risk

Posted to Maritime Reporter on November 26, 2025

Brazilian federal prosecutors have filed a suit in Para to remove the oily residues and hull of the Haidar vessel, which sank ten years ago near Vila Do Conde, Brazil's largest port for live cattle shipment. In a Wednesday statement, Para federal…

Trump administration sues over 2 deaths from boat strike near Venezuelan coast

Posted to Maritime Reporter on January 27, 2026

Families of two men who were killed by a U.S. military missile strike on a suspected drug ship that was?traveling from Venezuela have filed a lawsuit for wrongful death. They claim the pair were "murdered" in a "manifestly illegal" military campaign against civilian vessels.

Trump administration sues over 2 deaths from boat strike near Venezuelan coast

Posted to Maritime Reporter on January 27, 2026

Families of two men who were killed by a U.S. military missile strike on a suspected drug ship near Venezuela have filed a lawsuit for wrongful death. They claim that the pair was murdered as part of a "manifestly illegal" military campaign against civilian vessels.

Colombian family requests that the human rights court investigate US airstrikes

Posted to Maritime Reporter on December 5, 2025

Their lawyer revealed that the family of a Colombian who claims to have been killed by a U.S. Airstrike near the coast of Colombia has brought their case before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. They are seeking accountability for the deadly U.S.

Trump: US to return Caribbean strike survivors in Colombia and Ecuador

Posted to Maritime Reporter on October 18, 2025

Donald Trump, the U.S. president, announced on Saturday that the United States will send the two survivors from a strike Thursday in the Caribbean back to their native countries of Colombia or Ecuador for detention and prosecution. Legal experts claim that this move…

US to send Caribbean strike survivors abroad instead of detention in the POW style

Posted to Maritime Reporter on October 18, 2025

Four U.S. officials said on Saturday that the Trump administration was moving to send two survivors from a strike in the Caribbean on Thursday to another country, rather than putting them in military detention. The nationalities of two detainees could not be determined definitively.

US to send Caribbean strike survivors abroad instead of detention in the POW style

Posted to Maritime Reporter on October 18, 2025

Four U.S. officials said on Saturday that the Trump administration was moving to send two survivors from a strike in the Caribbean on Thursday to another country, rather than putting them in military detention. After the attack on the semi-submersible vessel suspected of illegal drug trafficking…

Trump claims Venezuelan President Maduro "doesn’t want to play around" with the US

Posted to Maritime Reporter on October 17, 2025

Donald Trump stated on Friday, amid an escalating conflict between Washington and Caracas, that Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro did not want to "fuck" around with the United States. Trump's remarks followed a report citing three sources that said the U.S.

Sources say that US Navy warships are holding survivors of a Caribbean vessel strike, which was struck by a US Navy warship

Posted to Maritime Reporter on October 17, 2025

Three sources with knowledge of the situation said that the U.S. military was holding two survivors on a Navy vessel after they rescued them from a suspected drugs vessel in the Caribbean, which had been hit by an American strike that also killed two other people.

US official: US strikes again in Caribbean, but there are survivors

Posted to Maritime Reporter on October 16, 2025

A U.S. official revealed that the U.S. Military carried out a new attack on Thursday against a suspected drugs vessel in the Caribbean. In what seemed to be a world first, survivors were among the crew. The official who spoke under anonymity…

Trump claims that six people were killed in a US attack on an alleged drug ship off Venezuela

Posted to Maritime Reporter on October 14, 2025

The latest in a series of recent strikes, a U.S. airstrike on a boat near the Venezuelan coast on Tuesday resulted in the death of six suspected drug traffickers. The strike is just the latest example of Trump’s efforts to use U.S. Military power in new and often controversial ways.

Cubans who are missing after 'invisible shipwrecks' on their way to the US cause a painful void in the home

Posted to Maritime Reporter on October 12, 2024

Mayra Ruiz, a Cuban mother, wakes up every day wondering if she will hear from her son Maiquel Gonzalez. Gonzalez vanished without a trace on December 20, 2022, along with 28 family members and friends who fled to Florida in a homemade boat.

Cubans who are missing after "invisible" shipwrecks while en route to the US cause a painful void in their home

Posted to Maritime Reporter on October 12, 2024

Mayra Ruiz, a Cuban mother, wakes up every day wondering if she will hear from her son Maiquel Gonzalez. Gonzalez vanished without a trace on December 20, 2022, along with 28 family members and friends who fled to Florida in a homemade boat.

Reports and sources confirm that at least four people have died after an oil barge sinks off Venezuela.

Posted to Maritime Reporter on September 26, 2024

According to sources and a report on the accident, at least four people are dead after an oil barge sank in Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo. The barge was operated by a contractor for the state-run PDVSA energy company. The report said that another…

The wet season is increasing migration risks, and ten people have been found dead in Darien Gap.

Posted to Maritime Reporter on July 24, 2024

Panamanian border police reported that 10 migrants drowned in their attempt to cross Darien Gap, a perilous gap between Panama and Colombia. National Border Service (Senafront), a service of the National Border Service, said that the bodies…

Guardian reports that six people are believed dead after a fishing boat sinks near the Falkland Islands

Posted to Maritime Reporter on July 23, 2024

The Guardian reported that six people may have perished after a fishing boat flying the Saint Helena flag sank near the Falkland Island coast. It said that 14 of the 27 crew believed to be on board had been rescued. The report said that seven other crew members were still missing.

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