"Sec. of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the first of the two strikes early Wednesday afternoon, saying the vessel was hit Tuesday while "transiting along a known narco-trafficking transit route, and carrying narcotics." Hegseth said two "narco-terrorists" were killed in his post, which was accompanied by video of a boat going up in flames. He provided no further information about the location of the strike."
"Colombian President Gustavo Petro said in a Wednesday post that "the U.S. government's strategy breaks the norms of international law," per a translation. He called the U.S. strikes "murder." Petro has been outspoken against the strikes he says have killed Colombian citizens. He accused the U.S. of killing a "lifelong fisherman" in a September strike. Trump retaliated after Petro's comments by announcing the U.S. would slash aid to Colombia and levy new tariffs on the country."
Lawmakers expressed concern about a lack of transparency surrounding U.S. strikes at sea, with some Democrats calling the actions illegal. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said one vessel was struck while transiting a known narco-trafficking route and carrying narcotics, reporting two "narco-terrorists" killed and sharing video of a burning boat, without providing location details. He later said three more suspected traffickers were killed in the Eastern Pacific. Colombian President Gustavo Petro condemned the strikes as violations of international law and called them murder, prompting U.S. threats to cut aid and impose tariffs. The U.S. has increased military assets near Venezuela amid reports of authorized covert operations.
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