Colombian President Gustavo Petro has accused the US of committing murder following a strike carried out on a boat in Colombian territorial waters in September.
In a social media post, Petro accused the US of violating his country's sovereignty and killing a Colombian fisherman.
Posting on X, he said: The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure, when it was struck. He added: We await explanations from the US government.
It comes after President Donald Trump said the US had struck a drug-carrying submarine on Thursday, killing two others.
Writing on social media, Trump stated US intelligence confirmed the vessel was loaded up with mostly Fentanyl, and other illegal narcotics. The attack is at least the sixth US strike on ships in the Caribbean Sea in recent weeks and reportedly the first incident with reported survivors.
On a previous incident in September, Petro reiterated on X that: US government officials have committed murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters. Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing. The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure.
Reports indicate Carranza was killed on 15 September when US forces allegedly fired on his fishing boat in the Caribbean.
While Trump defends these naval actions as efforts to combat drug trafficking, human rights experts have expressed grave concerns, labeling these strikes as extrajudicial executions.
