Posting on X, [Colombian President Gustavo Petro] 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."
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Writing on social media, Trump said US intelligence confirmed the vessel was "loaded up with mostly Fentanyl, and other illegal narcotics".
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If the intelligence was Pete Hegseth or Kristi Noem, you know the Colombian president is right.
The attack is at least the sixth US strike on ships in the Caribbean Sea in recent weeks. It is the first time survivors have been reported.
Writing about an earlier attack in September, Pedro wrote on X on Saturday that: "US government officials have committed a 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."
Alejandro Carranza was reportedly killed on 15 September when US forces allegedly fired on his boat while he was fishing the Caribbean.
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