Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has warned members of the nation’s fisherfolk community not to venture beyond the territorial waters of the country as she reiterated the country’s support for the United States’ war on drugs in the region.

“I saw some international media said that Trinidad and Tobago is a nation of fishermen. Nothing is further from the truth. We have fishermen but we have industries and other forms of income. The impression is being made that fishermen from Trinidad and Tobago are being bombed out of the sea,” she said.

She added: What are you doing out here? Why are you so far off? Why don’t you stay in your zone? Why don’t you stay in Trinidad and Tobago waters and you’ll be safe. Trinidad is not a target. Tobago is not a target. So I totally disagree with the narrative out there by some, you know, that we’re exposing our nationals to danger.”

In recent weeks, the United States military has been bombing vessels in the international waters claiming that the occupants were drug traffickers without offering any evidence of such activity.