Colombia’s president calls for criminal probe of Trump over deadly boat strikes
Sep 24, 2025
Colombia’s president has called for a criminal investigation into the Trump administration over three deadly boat attacks in the Caribbean.
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Colombia's president wants a criminal investigation into President Trump and his administration's officials over this month's lethal military strikes on boats the White House claims were operated by drug traffickers
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The Colombian leader condemned the three deadly attacks in his address in Spanish to the U.N. General Assembly
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Here's his words as translated by Reuters, as he refutes the Trump administration's claims that some targeted in the strikes were members of Trendy Aragua
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The young people killed by missiles in the Caribbean did not belong to the Trendy Aragua
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Perhaps nobody here even knows their names. Nor to Hamas. They were from the Caribbean, possibly Colombians
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And if they were Colombians, with apologies to those who dominate the United Nations
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criminal proceedings should be opened against those U.S. officials responsible, including the top official who gave the order, President Trump
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Details on the deadly boat strikes are scarce. The Trump administration says the first strike occurred on September 2 and killed 11 people That boat had left Venezuela and the White House asserts those targeted were members of Trendeo Agua In a second strike in
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mid-September, another boat leaving Venezuela was hit by a U.S. military strike, killing three
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The Trump administration says the vessel was part of a drug trafficking operation
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The most recent boat was struck Friday and killed three people. Trump said in a True Social post
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the strike targeted a vessel affiliated with a designated terrorist organization trafficking illicit narcotics. Dominican authorities say the speedboat was headed
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toward their country when it was struck and had allegedly intended to smuggle cocaine
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aboard the vessel into the U.S. Democrats and some Republicans have raised concerns about the
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legality of striking vessels in international water, and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
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says he's preparing in case of a U.S. attack on his nation. Maduro accuses the U.S. of using the
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military actions as a prelude to overthrowing his government. For more on this story
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