Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro on Wednesday claimed that the drug-laden vessel struck by the U.S. military in Caribbean international waters last week was “Colombian with Colombian citizens on board,” prompting the White House to refute his claims.
The White House urged Petro to publicly retract his “baseless and reprehensible” statement — eliciting another rant from the far-left president. Petro has not retracted his statements at press time.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on Friday that U.S. military forces carried out a new lethal strike against a U.S.-bound vessel transporting “substantial amounts of narcotics” near Venezuelan international waters, killing four men. The strike was part of President Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to combat Latin American drug cartels in Caribbean international waters and curb the flow of drugs entering the United States.
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