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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On Sunday, Trump announced that he had attacked another drug ship off Venezuela. Now Colombian President Petro stated that it was a Colombian ship. He argued that US aggression is thus directed against all of Latin America.
US strike on boat in Caribbean may have killed Colombians, Petro says
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said on Wednesday there were “signs” that Colombian citizens were killed in the last small boat attacked by the US military off the coast of Venezuela. “A new front in the war has opened: the Caribbean,” Petro wrote on the social platform X. “Signs show that the last bombed boat was Colombian with Colombian citizens aboard.” He did not provide any explanation for what those signs were. “I hope that their famili…
The most recent ship attacked by the United States off Venezuela has been Colombian, according to Colombian information.
Vessel hit in U.S. strike may have carried Colombian nationals
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said that early evidence suggests the boat destroyed in a recent U.S. military strike in the Caribbean was Colombian and may have been carrying Colombian nationals. “Indications show that the last boat bombed was Colombian, with Colombian citizens inside,” Petro wrote on social media on Wednesday. “I hope their families come forward and report it.” The comment follows a series of U.S. military operations in the …
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