On Saturday night, something extremely tragic happened off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago.A boat filled with fleeing Venezuelans, hoping to make it to the shores of T&T, was intercepted by the twin-island republic’s Coast Guard. The sea officers opened fire and a nine-month-old baby was killed in her mother’s arms.In a statement, the Coast Guard said its personnel had opened fire “in self-defence” after “aggressive manoeuvres” by the migrant craft when it was intercepted as it entered Trinidadian waters late on Saturday.When crewmen boarded the vessel, they found a group of migrants who had been hiding, including “one adult female who was holding an infant and who she indicated was bleeding . . . . Regrettably, the infant was found unresponsive,” the statement said.Trinidad Prime Minister Keith Rowley offered condolences.
