Three dead in a US attack on a Colombian ELN “drug boat” after Trump’s latest accusation against Petro

The Secretary of Defense of the United States, Pete Hegseth, reported this Sunday of an attack by the US Army against what it described as a “narcolancha” which he has linked to the guerrillas of the National Liberation Army (ELN) of Colombia, which has left at least three dead.

“Under the direction of President Trump, the War Department conducted a lethal attack against a ship affiliated with the National Liberation Army (ELN), a terrorist organization, that operated in the area of ​​responsibility of the US Army’s Southern Command,” Hegseth has indicated in his X account.

This action by the US Army takes place almost parallel to the latest declaration of Donald Trumpwhich yesterday announced, on its social networks, the end of financial aid to Colombia for its inaction in the fight against drug trafficking.

Furthermore, he did not hesitate to describe his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petroas “a leader of the drug trafficking“. Last September, Trump revoked his visa after he joined a pro-Palestinian demonstration in New York.

“The Al To West Al

As reported by Hegseth, the US Intelligence services were aware that the boat “was involved in the illicit smuggling of narcotics, was sailing along a known drug trafficking route and transported substantial quantities of narcotics”.

“During the attack, which took place in international waters, There were three narcoterrorists on board. The three terrorists died and no US forces were injured,” he said.

Hegseth has not hesitated to describe these cartels as “the Al Qaeda of the Western Hemisphere”, in reference to the international terrorist network, “who use violence, murder and terrorism to impose their will, threaten our national security and poison our people.”

“The US Army will treat these organizations like the terrorists they are: they will be hunted down and annihilated, just like Al Qaeda,” he added.

Petro, “narco leader”

It was this Sunday, through his Truth Social network, when Trump directed all his criticism against Gustavo Petro, whom he accused of “doing nothing” to stop drug trafficking.

“Colombian President Gustavo Petro He is a drug trafficking leader who encourages the mass production of drugs, both in large and small fields, throughout Colombia. It has become, by far, in the largest business in Colombia, and Petro does nothing to stop it, despite large-scale payments and subsidies from the US,” he stated.

“Starting today, these payments, or any other form of payment or subsidy, will no longer be made Colombia. The purpose of this drug production is the massive sale of products to USA, causing death, destruction and havoc“added the American president.

Furthermore, he threatened that if Petro did not close “these extermination camps immediately,” the United States “will close them.”

These statements by Trump come a month after The United States will remove Colombia from the list of countries that fight against drugsalong with four other countries, for having “manifestly failed” to comply with their obligations under international anti-narcotics agreements in the last year.

In response, Petro stated that the Military forces of their country would stop depending on US weapons.