The U.S. Coast Guard took 45 hours to begin searching the attack zone for survivors after a December 30 strike sank three vessels.
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Behind the BastardsOct 3, 2026
The Intercept reports, based on a Coast Guard-provided timeline and Airwars flight-tracking analysis, that roughly 45 hours passed before a Coast Guard flight reached the search area after the December 30 strikes. The claim's "almost 45 hours" is dropped to "45 hours", a faithful paraphrase, and the extraction matches the post's attribution to The Intercept.
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… A note on survivors: There haven't been more of them because the Us. Is apparently intent on not looking for them. Per The Intercept, after a December 30 strike sank three vessels, Safcam said that it quote unquote immediately notified the Coast Guard, but it took the Coast Guard almost 45 hours to begin searching the attack zone for survivors. It is believed that the 11 people on these vessels drowned at sea. To end this section, on March 23, 2026, the Ecuadorian ship La Negra Franciscano de Dos, which was coming back from weeks of fishing at sea, was hit by an apparent U.S. …
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Supports. The Intercept reports that it took the Coast Guard almost 45 hours to begin searching the attack zone, and that a Coast Guard timeline confirmed roughly 45 hours before a flight arrived at the search area.[1]
Supports. Airwars states that it took almost 45 hours for the U.S. Coast Guard to begin searching the attack zone, based on the same reporting and flight-tracking data.[2]
Supports. The Standing Record reports that a Coast Guard aircraft reached the search area only about 45 hours after SOUTHCOM's notification.[3]
Context. Trump's War Crimes describes the 45-hour delay as Airwars' analysis of flight-tracking data, so the figure traces partly to one investigation rather than fully independent records.[4]
Sources
4 sources: 1 tier 2, 3 not rated
- 1theintercept.com · 2026/02/17 · boat-strike-trumpU.S. Sent a Rescue Plane for Boat Strike Survivors. It Took ...theintercept.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 2USMAR251230a – December 30, 2025 - Airwarsairwars.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3JTF Southern Spear killed 11 aboard suspected narcotics vessels in eastern Pacific; 31st–33rd strikesstandingrecord.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Eastern Pacific Convoy Strike: Eight Men Who Jumped Overboard Left in the Sea as US Forces Sank Their Boats (December 2025) | Trump's War Crimestrumpswarcrimes.com · not rated · cited for: context
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