Overview
- President Gustavo Petro suspended intelligence exchanges and other contacts with U.S. security agencies, citing continuing rocket strikes on boats and the reported killing of a Colombian fisherman he called an extrajudicial execution.
- The USS Gerald R. Ford strike group has reached waters off Latin America, expanding a months‑long U.S. campaign that officials say targets drug‑smuggling boats but for which Washington has not publicly presented evidence.
- U.S. forces have conducted roughly 19 to 20 attacks in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific with at least 76 people reported killed, according to U.S. figures cited by multiple outlets.
- Venezuela launched a two‑day exercise that officials say mobilized nearly 200,000 personnel under the “Plan Independencia 200,” declaring maximum alert and framing the U.S. buildup as an imperial threat.
- France labeled the operations unlawful and UN rights officials have raised legal concerns, while CNN reports the UK has curtailed sharing some intelligence on suspected drug boats; London declined to comment.