US EditionColombia's Petro says last vessel bombed by US was Colombian
President Gustavo Petro asserted the U.S. strike killed three Colombians aboard the vessel and accused Washington of aggression against Latin America and the Caribbean.
- On Wednesday, Colombia's President Gustavo Petro said `Indications show that the last boat bombed was Colombian with Colombian citizens inside of it` in Bogota on X.
- A series of strikes has targeted drug-trafficking vessels off Venezuela, with at least four attacks in recent weeks killing 21 people, U.S. President Donald Trump announced.
- The White House rebuffed Petro's claim, saying it denied the assertion and urged retraction to restore dialogue; U.S. officials have not identified who was aboard the boat.
- The attacks have inflamed tensions, leading Washington to call off diplomatic outreach to Venezuela on Monday while Venezuela launched military exercises in La Guaira and Carabobo.
- If verified, Petro's claim would draw Colombia into a campaign that had previously targeted Venezuelan boats amid a United States military deployment of seven warships, a nuclear-powered submarine and F-35 fighters.
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White House rebukes Colombian president’s claim that boat US struck off Venezuela coast was carrying Colombians
(CNN) — The White House on Thursday dismissed Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s allegation that the most recent US strike in the Caribbean may have targeted a Colombian vessel, saying the claim is “baseless and reprehensible.”
President Petro Confirms that Latest Boat Destroyed by US in Caribbean Was Colombian
The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, condemned the bombing of a vessel in the Caribbean by US military forces, referring to the action as a grave violation of international law. According to preliminary indications, the boat was flying the Colombian flag and carrying Colombian citizens. In a social media post, Petro endorsed the position of US Senator Adam Schiff, who has questioned the legality of US President Donald Trump’s actions in ord…
Bogotá. A boat attacked on the weekend by the United States in the Caribbean off the coast of Venezuela was Colombian and transported nationals of that country, declared yesterday the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, which was refuted by Washington.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro says that Colombians have been killed in a US attack on a boat off the Venezuelan coast. "There are indications that the last ship bombed was a Colombian ship with Colombian citizens on board," he writes on X. It is not clear on what Petro bases this conclusion. He returns the request for evidence to the US: "Let the White House give us the information about the people killed by the US missiles so we can see if …
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