Overview

• President Donald Trump said all U.S. payments and subsidies to Colombia stop immediately and warned he would forcibly shut drug production sites if Bogotá does not act.
• The Pentagon, via Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, confirmed a strike on a vessel it linked to ELN narcotrafficking in Caribbean international waters and reported fatalities.
• President Gustavo Petro accused U.S. forces of killing Colombian fisherman Alejandro Carranza in his country’s waters and demanded explanations, denying any narco ties to the victim.
• Colombia’s Foreign Ministry rejected Trump’s statements as a threat to sovereignty and said it will take the dispute to international bodies.
• The clash follows Washington’s September decertification of Colombia on counternarcotics cooperation, and Senator Lindsey Graham signaled potential U.S. tariffs on Colombia as a next step.