Santa Elena Province, Ecuador
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The last time Andrés Fernando Tufiño Chila’s sister heard from him was about a year ago when he told her he was heading out to fish for work, she said. Last week, she was shocked to learn that her brother was aboard an alleged drug vessel that was struck by the US military.
Tufiño Chila, 41, was one of two people who survived last week’s strike in the Caribbean, which President Donald Trump said was carried out against a “drug-carrying submarine” navigating toward the United States. Two others were killed.
Tufiño Chila and the other survivor were later returned by the US to their countries of origin, Trump said, describing them as…
