BREAKING: BOMBED FISHERMEN FIGHT BACK! Sixteen Ecuadorian fishermen are hittingTrump's military with a MASSIVE LAWSUIT accusing U.S. forces of blowing up their boat, severely burning two crew members, and shipping the survivors to El Salvador to be TORTURED! Sixteen fishermen who set out to earn an honest living at sea say they ended up in a nightmare straight out of a military dictatorship – and now they're taking Trump's government to court! In a shocking Guardian investigation, the fishermen allege that two American drones struck their fishing vessel on March 17, setting it ablaze and leaving two crew members with severe burns to their arms, legs, and backs. The men scrambled into smaller boats to escape the flames. But their ordeal was only beginning. According to the lawsuit, American military personnel intercepted the survivors, bound their wrists with zip ties, pulled plastic hoods over their heads, and transported them to El Salvador. They were detained for a week and tortured. The ordeal was documented months ago by the Spanish newspaper El País, which interviewed survivors of the attack (photo). The fishermen admit doing nothing more sinister than fishing. Their vessel had been recently inspected by Ecuadorian authorities, who found no drugs or evidence of any cartel involvement. “They go out fishing, they don't come home for a month,” their attorney, Dan Kovalik, said, describing how the men wound up in a Salvadoran detention center instead. The allegations strike at the heart of Trump's deadly campaign against suspected drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean and Pacific, which has killed nearly 250 people earlier this year then fell off the national radar. If their account is true, the implications are horrifying: American forces bombed innocent fishermen, hooded the survivors, and hauled them off to a foreign prison to be tortured. Behaving like gangsters in a mob movie, except under the authority of the United States government. The men are seeking compensation for their injuries and suffering. Their case could also inspire new scrutiny of the whole drug boat campaign where the Navy picked off random runabouts like kids playing video games. They never presented any evidence against the unfortunate people on board. Ironically, the American people paid for the bombs that destroyed the boat, and now we’ll get another huge bill to pay the damages.