Source: ABC News
“Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday there were ‘signs’ that Colombian citizens were [murdered] in the last small boat attacked by the U.S. military off the coast of Venezuela. ‘A new front in the war has opened: the Caribbean,’ Petro wrote on the social platform X. ‘Signs show that the last bombed boat was Colombian with Colombian citizens aboard.’ He did not provide any explanation for what those signs were. … Last Friday, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the strike on a small boat he accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela. He said [US forces murdered] four men but offered no details on who they were or what group they belonged to.” (10/09/25)