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Families Claim Navy Delayed Search, Missed Drifted Gear

6/30/2026

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Families say the navy waited nine days before dispatching a vessel to search for the missing Fiorella crew.
The owners filed a complaint, chartered their own boat, and found longline gear drifting ninety nautical miles northwest of the last known position that navy officials did not examine.
Families assert the men had no drug-trade ties and recall a navy officer suggesting they had brought the situation on themselves.

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Story summary

Families say the navy waited nine days before dispatching a vessel to search for the missing Fiorella crew.
The owners filed a complaint, chartered their own boat, and found longline gear drifting ninety nautical miles northwest of the last known position that navy officials did not examine.
Families assert the men had no drug-trade ties and recall a navy officer suggesting they had brought the situation on themselves.