Colombian President Gustavo Pietro has said that the last boat bombed by the Trump led administration was a Colombian vessel carrying Colombian citizens.
Petro said this in a post on X while responding to a post by U.S. Senator Adam Schiff outlining plans to block President Trump’s use of the Armed Forces to conduct strikes against vessels in the Caribbean Sea.
He also urged families of the victims to come forward to report it adding that he was in a meeting with European Leaders.
"A new war scenario has opened up: the Caribbean. The aggression is against all of Latin America and the Caribbean." he said.
The White House reacted to the post in a statement saying that it "looks forward to President Petro publicly retracting his baseless and reprehensible statement".
The U.S. Senate rejected the resolution which would br President Trump from using military force against boats in the Carribean after it fell short by two votes.
The resolution was introduced by Democrat Senators Schiff and Tim Kaine with the former continuing his criticisms of the boat strikes via his account on X.
President Trump had also said that the strikes against "narco-boats" were successful while addressing journalists during the Canadian Prime Minister's visit adding that there were no longer "any boats, not even fishing boats".
Colombian President Petro hit out at Trump over the militarisation of the Caribbean, "There is no war against smuggling; there is a war for oil and it must be stopped by the world."
The White House further said despite its "policy differences" with Colombia, it remained "committed to close cooperation on a range of shared priorities, including regional security and stability".
The strikes against what the U.S. calls "narco-traffickers" which began on 2nd September has struck at least four vessels in the Caribbean Sea in recent weeks, killing 21 people.
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