{"id":60093,"date":"2025-10-08T21:36:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T01:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=60093"},"modified":"2025-10-08T21:38:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T01:38:42","slug":"colombian-president-says-boat-hit-in-u-s-strike-may-have-carried-colombian-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/colombian-president-says-boat-hit-in-u-s-strike-may-have-carried-colombian-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"Vessel hit in U.S. strike may have carried Colombian nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Colombian President Gustavo Petro said that early evidence suggests the boat destroyed in a recent U.S. military strike in the Caribbean was Colombian and may have been carrying Colombian nationals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIndications show that the last boat bombed was Colombian, with Colombian citizens inside,\u201d Petro <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/petrogustavo\/status\/1976004606829498869\">wrote<\/a> on social media on Wednesday. \u201cI hope their families come forward and report it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The comment follows a series of U.S. military operations in the Caribbean targeting suspected drug-trafficking vessels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, the U.S. Department of War confirmed that four people described as \u201cnarco-terrorists\u201d were killed in a strike on a vessel in international waters, the fourth such confirmed operation under Washington\u2019s expanded anti-cartel campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Donald Trump previously said the campaign had forced traffickers to abandon sea routes, suggesting future operations may shift to land. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re not coming in by sea anymore,\u201d Trump said during the Navy\u2019s 250th anniversary celebration. \u201cSo now we\u2019ll have to start looking about the land because they\u2019ll be forced to go by land.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The operations are part of an ongoing effort to dismantle networks linked to Venezuela\u2019s Tren de Aragua, which the U.S. has designated a foreign terrorist organization. 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