Overview

• Trump said all U.S. payments, aid and subsidies to Colombia stop immediately, alleging President Gustavo Petro enables large‑scale drug production.
• Petro accused Washington of violating Colombian sovereignty and said fisherman Alejandro Carranza was killed in a September strike, a claim the U.S. disputes.
• Trump claimed a recently targeted semi‑submersible was carrying fentanyl and other drugs, and two survivors were rescued and repatriated to Colombia and Ecuador.
• Last month the U.S. decertified Colombia in anti‑drug cooperation and revoked Petro’s visa, while Bogotá responded by halting purchases of U.S. arms.
• U.S. forces have conducted at least six lethal strikes on suspected drug vessels since early September, with officials citing 27 deaths and reporting record coca cultivation in Colombia.