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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · yesterday

This is a very worrying story. Ecuadorian fishermen are being attacked and killed, and the perpetrators seem to be either the U.S. military engaged in clandestine operations or an American mercenary company working for Bukele or another Central American country.

Far out in the Pacific Ocean, Ecuadorean fishermen have been attacked by unidentified “gringos” using drones, survivors say, spurring a mystery over whether the American military, the armed forces of another country or private military contractors were behind the strikes. One fishing boat has been lost at sea since January, the U.N. says, with eight people still missing and presumed dead. The survivors of two other vessels said they came under attack in March by English-speaking assailants wearing matching uniforms with American flag patches, but without any clear insignia to link them to an official government force. Some of the surviving fishermen said they had been hauled out of the water, questioned and then handed over to El Salvador’s navy before being released. The Pentagon has denied involvement, as has the U.S. Coast Guard. Survivors have also said that a plane followed and seemingly surveilled them before the strikes. The New York Times analyzed flight data and found that a maritime patrol plane — based out of a military base in El Salvador — flew in the direction of all three boats in the days before they were attacked. The pilots onboard spoke English with American accents, according to air traffic control communication recordings.
Christiaan Triebert@trbrtc.bsky.social · yesterday

Read full story on @nytimes.com, with Maria Abi-Habib, @rileymellen.bsky.social, José María León Cabrera, @erschm.bsky.social and Gabriel Labrador: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/w...

Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social · 5d ago

They're just coming right out and saying it. When body camera footage makes them look bad, no one sees it. When it serves a proagandistic purpose, everyone sees it.

American Oversight@weareoversight.bsky.social · 6d ago

ICE is planning to make sure field agents have body cams by the end of September. But its policy to only release footage that is in the agency’s “best interest” means taxpayers may be paying millions for cameras without benefitting from their oversight. apnews.com/article/ice-...

@LemonSlayer@lemonslayer.bsky.social · last wk.

From the Center for Strategic and International Studies: Six Reasons Why the United States Is Low on Munitions www.csis.org/analysis/six...

Six Reasons Why the United States Is Low on Munitions

The Iran war has exacerbated the Pentagon’s shortage of key munitions, but it is not the only cause. There are also longstanding strategic, operational, and institutional reasons.

csis.org

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · last wk.

The US military has exhausted nearly 80% of its interceptors for a key missile defense system as senior US military commanders are warning that the Pentagon's munitions stockpile is "dangerously low," according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. cnn.it/4yZ1UWn

Dag.@3fecta.bsky.social · last wk.

12 year old girls get genital inspections "for their safety" while wife beaters get endorsed for re-election. This whole protecting women and girls thing is a bit confusing.

NBC News@nbcnews.com · last wk.

President Trump says he is "disappointed" with US District Attorney Jeanine Pirro for dropping the Reflecting Pool vandalism case.