Venezuelan fishermen in the south Caribbean keep a nervous eye on the horizon as they ply their trade in the same waters where U.S. forces have recently blown up small, alleged drug boats, occupants and all.
Feeling exposed, they have started heading out in groups, limiting their range and traveling with emergency beacons issued by the government.
"It's very upsetting because our country is peaceful, our fishermen are peaceful," Joan Diaz, a 46-year-old angler said in the northern town of Caraballeda.
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