US EditionWife of Colombian Killed in US Strike Says Life Taken Unjustly
Colombian President Gustavo Petro calls U.S. Navy strike a war crime after a fisherman was killed, amid U.S. claims targeting narco-terrorists in the Caribbean Sea.
- On Saturday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said a U.S. strike in September killed Alejandro Carranza, Colombian fisherman, and accused the U.S. government of committing murder while Colombia recalled its ambassador to the United States.
- U.S. officials say Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended counternarcotics strikes against narco-terrorists, citing longstanding cooperation with Colombia and about 10,000 U.S. troops in the Caribbean.
- Mary Ellen O'Connell, professor at Notre Dame Law School, said destroying small boats cannot be justified under international law and warned the U.S. lacks sufficient facts about who is on the vessels.
- On Oct. 19, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social calling Gustavo Petro an "illegal drug leader" and vowed to cut U.S. aid, with payments to Colombia ending.
- These clashes have been ongoing for months, sharply altering the Colombia–United States bilateral relationship, while Ivan Duque said Petro may use the dispute to influence the 2026 election.
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The Colombian government and the fisherman's family in Trinidad and Tobago do not believe all the people killed by the US were smugglers.
Trump clashes with Colombian president over boat strikes
Colombia recalled its ambassador to the U.S. amid rising tensions after strikes against boats the Trump administration claimed were drug traffickers. Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused President Trump of murdering a Colombian fisherman in one of those strikes. Trump called Petro an “illegal drug dealer." Amna Nawaz discussed more with Ivan Duque, the president of Colombia from 2018 to 2022.
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