“If they have so much technology, why did they attack us?”: Ecuadorian fishermen who were bombed in an operation blamed on the CIA

On March 17, during calm sea conditions at around one-thirty in the afternoon, a vessel identified as the Negra Francisca Duarte II carrying 16 Ecuadorian fishermen was bombed and sunk in an operation linked to the CIA.

The incident has prompted profound questioning from the surviving fishermen regarding the apparent failure of advanced intelligence or technology to prevent the attack on their vessel.