Overview

• White House video shows a missile strike on a surfaced vessel that the administration says was a fentanyl‑laden submarine heading toward the United States.
• Trump says four people were aboard, two were killed and two survivors were handed to Ecuador and Colombia for detention and prosecution.
• Colombian President Gustavo Petro alleges U.S. personnel killed fisherman Alejandro Carranza in Colombian waters in September and has requested an explanation.
• Colombia’s interior minister says one of the submarine’s survivors is a Colombian who was severely wounded and transferred to national justice authorities.
• Trump escalates the dispute by labeling Petro an “illegal drug leader” and announcing the suspension of U.S. payments, as legal critics and regional tensions with Venezuela intensify.