Andres Fernando Tufino Chila and Jonathan Abando were rescued from a sinking semi-submersible vessel on October 16, 2025.

Posted by Behind the Bastards, Oct 3, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

Polygraph verdictTrue

Sources: 6 support
Said: 1 time·
Confidence: 80%

Behind the BastardsOct 3, 2026

Sources confirm that two men survived the U.S. strike on a semi-submersible on October 16, 2025, and were evacuated by helicopter to a Navy ship: Andrés Fernando Tufiño Chila of Ecuador and Jeison (also reported as Jonathan) Obando Pérez of Colombia.

What we found

Supports. The Washington Post and the Associated Press both report that Andrés Fernando Tufiño Chila was one of two known survivors of a U.S. strike on a vessel on October 16, 2025.[1][2]

Supports. Airwars and Reuters-cited reporting identify the second survivor as Jeison (also reported as Jonathan) Obando Pérez, a Colombian national, which matches the claim's second man apart from the spelling of his surname.[3][4]

Supports. Survivors were described as recovered and flown by rescue helicopter to a U.S. Navy ship, which supports the claim's description of a rescue.[5][6]

Context. Sources describe the vessel as a semi-submersible that was struck and destroyed by U.S. forces; the post's wording of a "sinking" vessel is consistent with that reporting.[4][5]