Overview
- President Gustavo Petro ordered all intelligence contacts with U.S. security agencies suspended until missile strikes on vessels cease, citing the death of a Colombian fisherman he called an extrajudicial killing.
- France's foreign minister said the actions violate international law, joining criticism from UN human rights experts who question the legality of the campaign.
- The U.S. military reports at least 19–20 attacks in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific with at least 76 people killed, and it has not publicly presented proof the targeted boats carried drugs.
- CNN reports the United Kingdom has paused some intelligence sharing on suspected traffickers to avoid complicity in potential illegal strikes, though London declined to comment publicly.
- The U.S. Navy confirmed the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier group has reached the U.S. Southern Command area, where additional warships, an attack submarine and F‑35s are already operating.