So the US military HAS rescued survivors of drug boat strikes

Since the September 2 second drone strike by Seal Team 6 which killed two survivors in the Caribbean Sea, the US Navy has begun rescuing survivors by helicopter and then deporting them back to their countries. So someone womewhere, presumably the State Department's lawyers, must have rung the Pentagon to warn them against killing any more survivors. Has the Pentagon explained this change of policy? The only thing said so far is that the circumstances were different.The one surprising thing is that the drone strikes are not obliterating the boats and killing everyone on board. A drone aimed for the middle of the boat would surely blast everything to kingdom come. Perhaps the survivors leapt overboard when they saw the drone coming. Anyway, the deportation of the survivors is now causing a stir because there are some in Congress who want them put through the US legal system, but as I wrote recently, that's the last thing the Pentagon and Trump administration want to do. According to The New York Times, there was even a suggestion to send them to Guantanamo. But that was rejected. So, off they went back to their countries of origin. This is going to cause a lot more hassle for the Trump administration which is already under fire for what some in Congress fear is an illegal military operation, bumping off suspected drug smugglers off the coast of Venezuela.