Four U.S. officials said on Saturday that the Trump administration was moving to send two survivors from a strike in the Caribbean on Thursday to another country, rather than putting them in military detention.

After the attack on the semi-submersible vessel suspected of illegal drug trafficking, the U.S. Military staged a rescue helicopter for the survivors. Sources told Friday that the strike also killed two other crew members.

The U.S. Military flew the survivors from the ship to a U.S. Navy Warship in the Caribbean where they were held until at least the evening of Friday. It wasn't clear if the survivors had already been airlifted off the ship. (Reporting and editing by Diane Craft, Idrees Al and Phil Stewart)

(source: Reuters)