BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) – Colombian President Gustavo Petro called for criminal investigations against President Donald Trump and other officials on Tuesday Fatal strike on the boat this month The White House said it was transporting drugs in the Caribbean.
Peter refused three attacks in his speech at the UN General Assembly’s annual general meeting.
“Criminal lawsuits must be opened to officials from the US, including President Trump, even if they include the finest officials who issued the orders:
If the boat was carrying drugs like the US government allegations, Petro said the passengers were “not drug traffickers. They were poor young Latin Americans who had no other options.”
Peter’s comments came shortly after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced that his government was preparing a series of constitutional decrees to defend the country’s sovereignty in the event of a “attack” from the US military.
Little is known about the fatal strike, according to the Trump administration. US officials say another ship targeting September 16 departed from Venezuela into the sea. Three people were killed in the second attack.
The US military attacked a third boat on Friday, killing three people.
The Trump administration has it Justified military action As the escalation necessary to halt the flow of drugs to the US. It has not yet been explained how the military assessed the boat’s cargo and determined alleged gang partnerships of passengers.
The US National Security Authority has told Congress members that The first boat was shot and fired multiple times It changed course and after it appeared I returned to shore.
“They said that missiles in the Caribbean were used to stop drug trafficking. That’s a lie that’s stated here in this very play,” Peter said on Tuesday, apparently a direct reference to Trump, whom he spoke a few hours ago. “Was it really necessary to bomb unarmed, poor young people in the Caribbean?”
Maduro accused the Trump administration of using drug trafficking as an excuse for a military operation that intends to drive the government out.
Colombia’s first left-wing president, Peter resumed his country’s diplomatic relations with Venezuela after taking office in 2022.
