Colombia's Petro suggests last vessel bombed by US was Colombian

9/10/2025 6:21

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday suggested the latest vessel in the Caribbean bombed by the United States may have been Colombian, with Colombian citizens aboard.



U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday announced the latest in a series of military strikes targeting drug trafficking vessels off the coast of Venezuela, although the Pentagon has yet to confirm any such strike happened on Saturday.



"Indications show that the last boat bombed was Colombian with Colombian citizens inside of it," Petro said in a post on X. "The aggression is against all of Latin America and the Caribbean."



The White House and the Pentagon did not immediately reply to a request for comment on Petro's assertion which, if verified, would bring Colombia into the fray of a campaign which had previously targeted Venezuelan boats.