Ecuador releases survivor of US strike on alleged drug-trafficking submarine

Ecuadorian officials say they found no evidence the man had committed a crime, after Trump called people on the submarine terrorists'

• CIA playing most important part' in US strikes in the Caribbean, sources say

Ecuador has released a man who survived a US strike on a suspected drug-trafficking submarine, after finding no evidence that he had committed a crime, the attorney general's office has said.

The United States has deployed warships to the Caribbean off the coast of Venezuela since August, attacking mostly boats that US authorities said were running drugs.