US EditionTrump, Colombia leader trade threats as US strikes boats in Pacific
The US military’s strikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats have killed five people as tensions escalate between Washington and Bogota over anti-cartel operations, with 34 dead in total, US figures show.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro traded angry threats after U.S. strikes on two alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Pacific Ocean killed five people.
- The Pentagon has told Congress it is in "armed conflict" with Latin American drug cartels, and relations have soured since Trump and Petro took power, intensifying in recent weeks.
- Tuesday's October 21 strike brought the tally of U.S. attacks to at least eight with 34 people dead, using stealth warplanes and Navy ships near Venezuela's coast.
- Colombia recalled its ambassador to Washington and Daniel Garcia‑Pena said `Under no circumstances can one justify that kind of threats and accusations that have no basis whatsoever`.
- Colombia is the world's top cocaine producer but has worked for decades with the United States to curb production, while experts warn summary killings raise legal concerns. At stake here is a historic relationship of more than 200 years that benefits both countries.
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US Strikes Another Alleged Drug-Carrying Boat in the Pacific and Kills All 4 Aboard, Hegseth Says
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military has killed four people in a strike against a boat that was allegedly carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
US strikes another alleged drug-carrying boat in the Pacific and kills all 4 aboard, Hegseth says - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that the U.S. military carried out another strike on a boat he said was carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing all four people aboard the vessel, as the Trump administration pursues its divisive campaign against drug cartels in the waters off South America. Hegseth, who’s been traveling in Japan and Malaysia, said in a social media post that intelligence determine…
U.S. military kills 14 more people in Trump’s expanding drug war | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WASHINGTON >> The Trump administration launched another round of deadly strikes on vessels it accused of smuggling drugs, killing 14 people in four boats in its growing military campaign off the Central and South American coasts, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said today.
Trump’s drug war using the military has come to the Pacific
The Trump administration’s controversial and deadly campaign targeting alleged drug traffickers at sea has now expanded from the Caribbean into the Pacific Ocean. On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the most recent strike — which took place Tuesday — in a post on social media platform X along with video of the fatal strike. Hegseth said the boat “was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was …
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