Top Admiral Admits Narco-Boat Strike Survivors Killed Couldn’t Call for Help: CNN

David Gilmour Dec 5th, 2025, 8:17 am

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A senior admiral overseeing the Trump administration’s narco-trafficking boat strike campaign conceded Thursday that two suspected smugglers killed in a second missile hit on September 2 had no way to radio for help, according to CNN , a theory floated as a justification for the further strike.

Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley , head of Joint Special Operations Command at the time, told lawmakers in closed-door briefings that the pair clinging to wreckage “did not appear to have radio or other communications devices,” multiple sources told the network.

That acknowledgement challenges earlier claims that the men were legitimate targets becaus

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