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As US ramps up military presence, appeals for help in narco-sub tragedy
THE brother of missing Coast Guard officer Able Seaman Keiron Simon—who entered a narco-submarine as part of a multinational drug operation before it sank in February—is appealing for the aid of the US government in retrieving the vessel, and likely his brother’s remains, from the ocean floor.Speaking to the Express yesterday, the missing officer’s brother Kevlon Simon said he was making the appeal to the US as he had grown desperate without answers from the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard (TTCG).
“The last I spoke to them weeks ago, they said they got a company to make the recovery and there would be a whole set of paperwork involved. They located the vessel a long time ago but, to date, nobody from the Government has contacted the family for 200 days,” he said.“The vessel was intercepted by a Coast Guard patrol boat, and three foreign nationals were removed and taken aboard the patrol boat for safekeeping, as the vessel of interest had begun taking in water.On February 20, Keiron Simon was on a team of TTCG officers who intercepted the narco-submarine between Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada. He and another officer had boarded the vessel and removed three of its crew members. He reportedly entered the vessel to look for others when it sank.
“The sailor who had remained above deck was thrown into the water, while the other became trapped inside as the vessel sank from sight,” it said in its statement.In March, the Express reported that senior police sources who have been assisting in the investigation claimed the semi-submersible or low-profile vessel had been transporting a large shipment of illegal drugs and was submerged about 300 metres below the ocean.
Note: No poster asking for proof; it's in the ocean 300 m. A T&T national died....
THE brother of missing Coast Guard officer Able Seaman Keiron Simon—who entered a narco-submarine as part of a multinational drug operation before it sank in February—is appealing for the aid of the US government in retrieving the vessel, and likely his brother’s remains, from the ocean floor.Speaking to the Express yesterday, the missing officer’s brother Kevlon Simon said he was making the appeal to the US as he had grown desperate without answers from the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard (TTCG).
“The last I spoke to them weeks ago, they said they got a company to make the recovery and there would be a whole set of paperwork involved. They located the vessel a long time ago but, to date, nobody from the Government has contacted the family for 200 days,” he said.“The vessel was intercepted by a Coast Guard patrol boat, and three foreign nationals were removed and taken aboard the patrol boat for safekeeping, as the vessel of interest had begun taking in water.On February 20, Keiron Simon was on a team of TTCG officers who intercepted the narco-submarine between Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada. He and another officer had boarded the vessel and removed three of its crew members. He reportedly entered the vessel to look for others when it sank.
“The sailor who had remained above deck was thrown into the water, while the other became trapped inside as the vessel sank from sight,” it said in its statement.In March, the Express reported that senior police sources who have been assisting in the investigation claimed the semi-submersible or low-profile vessel had been transporting a large shipment of illegal drugs and was submerged about 300 metres below the ocean.
Note: No poster asking for proof; it's in the ocean 300 m. A T&T national died....
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