"The U.S. Navy deployment, ordered by the president in August, is officially aimed at Venezuelan drug cartels. So far, the operations have resulted in seven vessels destroyed in extrajudicial strikes, with U.S. authorities providing no evidence beyond videos showing the moments of the bombings. At least 33 people have died in these operations. The Colombian government of Gustavo Petro suspects that several of the victims were Colombian citizens."
"Petro cited a report from RTVC, the public media system, which interviewed the sailor's relatives. The boat attacked on September 16 was Colombian, one engine was up, indicating damage, and it was turned off. It was presumably in Colombian waters. The person there was a fisherman who has not returned home. Alert the Attorney General's Office, Petro wrote in X."
U.S. naval operations in the Caribbean, ordered by President Donald Trump in August, target Venezuelan drug cartels. The strikes have destroyed seven vessels in extrajudicial bombings, with at least 33 fatalities and only video footage released by U.S. authorities as evidence. Colombia's government, led by Gustavo Petro, suspects several victims were Colombian and reports that at least one attack likely occurred in Colombian waters. At least three attacked vessels have connections to Colombia, including a boat that departed Santa Marta and a fisherman who remains missing. One survivor of a bombed suspected drug submarine was Colombian, and the ELN denied U.S. claims linking a vessel to the guerrilla group.
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