US forces attacked a drug-smuggling vessel on Friday, killing three people aboard, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sunday. He alleged that the boat was linked to a Colombian guerrilla organisation.
”The vessel was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was traveling along a known narco-trafficking route, and was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics,” he said in a post on X.
Earlier today, US President Donald Trump on Sunday labelled Colombian President Gustavo Petro an “illegal drug leader” and said the United States would stop “large scale payments and subsidies” to Colombia.
Trump claimed that the country’s drug production fuels the sale of “massive amounts of product into the United States, causing death, destruction, and havoc,” in a post on Truth Social.
It is unclear which payments the president was referring to. Colombia was once among the top recipients of US aid in the Western Hemisphere, though funding was sharply reduced this year following the closure of USAID, America’s humanitarian assistance arm.
Source: firstpost
