""US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters," Colombian leader Gustavo Petro said on Saturday in a statement on X. Petro identified the fisherman as Alejandro Carranza, adding that he had "no ties to the drug trade". Carranza reportedly died in a September strike by US forces on his boat while he was fishing the Caribbean, as per a video testimony of his family members, which was shared by Petro on X."
""It was my great honor to destroy a very large DRUG-CARRYING SUBMARINE that was navigating towards the United States on a well known narcotrafficking transit route." the US President said on his Truth Social platform on Saturday. Trump gave no evidence. However, he shared a short video clip which appeared to show a semi-submersible vessel in the water before being struck by at least one projectile. Trump said that US intelligence confirmed that the vessel was "loaded up with mostly Fentanyl, and other illegal narcotics"."
Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused US government officials of committing murder and violating Colombian sovereignty after a US strike in territorial waters. Petro identified the deceased as fisherman Alejandro Carranza and asserted that Carranza had no ties to the drug trade. Petro said the Colombian boat was adrift with its distress signal active due to engine failure and called for explanations from the US government. President Trump claimed the US destroyed a drug-carrying semi-submersible loaded with fentanyl and other narcotics, shared a video clip, and reported four people aboard with two fatalities and two survivors taken into custody.
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