Rishi Samaroo

Rishi Samaroo was a 41-year-old man from Las Cuevas, Trinidad. He is newsworthy because he was one of six men killed in a US military strike on a boat in the Caribbean Sea on October 14, 2025. The US military suspected the boat was involved in drug smuggling. Recently, Samaroo's family, along with the family of Chad Joseph, another Trinidadian man killed in the same incident, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the US government in Boston's federal court. The lawsuit challenges the legality of the Trump administration's policy of extrajudicial killings of suspected drug smugglers at sea. The case is significant as it raises questions about the limits of US military power and the rights of individuals in international waters.