Overview

• Washington released video of a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling submarine in the Caribbean, with officials saying two people were killed and two survivors will be transferred to Ecuador and Colombia.
• Colombian officials say one survivor is a Colombian national who was seriously injured and handed over to the country’s justice system.
• President Gustavo Petro accuses the United States of killing fisherman Alejandro Carranza in Colombian territorial waters, calling it murder and a violation of sovereignty and demanding explanations.
• President Trump labeled Petro an “illegal drug leader” and announced an immediate halt to US payments and subsidies to Colombia, escalating the dispute.
• Previous US maritime operations in the region have left more than two dozen dead, drawing warnings from legal experts that such strikes may constitute unlawful, extrajudicial killings, while Venezuela has held nationwide military exercises in response.