“We received a Colombian detained on a drug submarine, we are glad that he is alive and will be treated according to the law,” Petro wrote on the X platform.
Donald Trump announced earlier on Saturday that US forces had destroyed a “huge drug submarine” that was heading towards the United States. He added that two of the four people on board had died and that two survivors – a Colombian and an Ecuadorian – would be sent back to their countries of origin.
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US president calls boat crew members 'narco-terrorists' and assured that American intelligence confirmed that the unit transported illegal substances, mainly fentanyl.
So far, 29 people have died as a result of American attacks on boats which, according to the services, are involved in drug smuggling, the Washington Post reported. After one such attack, Petro suggested that Colombian citizens were among the victims.
