Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday at the UN General Assembly (UN VZ) called for “criminal proceedings” with US President Donald Trump For recent strikes on ships in the Caribbean Sea allegedly smuggling drugs. According to the AFP report, TASR reports this.
- Colombian President Petro asks for Trump for attacks in the Caribbean.
- Petro claims that the attacks killed unarmed young people, including the Colombians.
- Three vessels smuggling drugs hit the US forces in the Caribbean.
- Some UN experts have identified these attacks as “extrajudicial executions”.
- Trump advocates the continuation of actions against smugglers in the southern Caribbean.
Petro claims that in American attacks off the coast of Venezuela as part of an operation aimed at combating drug smuggling died “Unarmed young people who just wanted to break free from poverty”. According to Peter, there were also Colombians.
He therefore stated at the UN that Trump should be investigated for the issue of an attack order. “Criminal proceedings must be initiated against officials from the United States. This also includes a high representative who issued the order – President Trump,” He said Petro and added that many cartels’ bosses live in the United States.
More than ten people died in American strokes on three vessels in the Caribbean. Some United Nations experts have described attacks as “extrajudicial executions“.
AFP recalls that the US President has sent eight war ships and one submarine to the southern Caribbean, which in South America has raised concerns about potential military invasion into Venezuela.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro repeatedly accused Trump of trying to evoke the fall of his regime. In response to American ships off the Venezuela coast, thousands of people have joined civilian militias to strengthen the country’s defenses against the “threat” by the US.
