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Dushak Mirovich was a former cadet at the Venezuelan National Guard Academy.

Posted by Behind the Bastards, Checked

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Behind the BastardsOct 3, 2026
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Multiple AP-sourced reports say a 24-year-old named Dushak Milovcic, killed in a US boat strike, had dropped out of the country's National Guard Academy, which supports the claim's core assertion.

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… Similarly, Joseph had told his wife he had found a boat ride from Venezuela back home and would see her in a couple of days. They never arrived. Per Air wars, Dushak Mirovich, from Guiria, was also one of the men killed during that strike. He had once been a cadet at the Venezuelan National Guard Academy but dropped out to run drugs, per the AP. The lawsuit against the US. By the families of Joseph and Samaru is currently stalled pending the completion of judicial proceedings in Trinidad and Tobago that would declare the two men legally deceased and allow their families to take control of their …
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What we found

Supports. AP reporting, republished by multiple outlets, says Dushak Milovcic, 24, dropped out of the country's National Guard Academy and later ran drugs on boats for smugglers.[1][3][4][5][6]

Supports. Airwars describes 24-year-old Dushak Milovcic as a former cadet in the National Guard Academy who dropped out to run drugs on boats and was killed in a strike.[7]

Supports. The New Republic and Raw Story also describe Dushak Milovcic, a 24-year-old drop-out of Venezuela's National Guard Academy, as among the men killed.[2][8]

Context. No source spells the surname 'Mirovich'; the claim and the post use that spelling while every source uses 'Milovcic', so the identification rests on the matching first name, age, and academy history.[1][7]

Sources

8 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 3, 6 not rated

  1. 1Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
  2. 2'These are murders': 13 named as victims in Trump's boat ...rawstory.com · tier 3 · cited for: supports
  3. 3Trump-Venezuela drug war strikes | From fishermen to first ...telegraphindia.com · not rated · cited for: supports
  4. 4Trump accused Venezuelan boat crews of narco-terrorism. Here's the truththe-independent.com · not rated · cited for: supports
  5. 5Trump says boat crews are narco-terrorists. The truth is more nuanced, AP findskuow.org · not rated · cited for: supports
  6. 6Called narco-terrorists by Trump administration, men 'executed' in Venezuela are mourned by loved ones | CBC Newscbc.ca · not rated · cited for: supports
  7. 7USMAR251029a – October 29, 2025airwars.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
  8. 8Cornell Agrees to Pay Trump Admin Millions—and More Terrible Thingsnewrepublic.com · not rated · cited for: supports

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