Overview

• President Donald Trump said a semi-submersible carrying fentanyl and other drugs was destroyed, leaving two crew dead and two survivors bound for Ecuador and Colombia to face prosecution.
• Colombia’s government said it has taken custody of the Colombian survivor from the submarine attack, with the interior minister describing serious injuries requiring sedation and ventilation.
• President Gustavo Petro accused U.S. forces of operating in Colombian waters and of killing fisherman Alejandro Carranza, citing a family member who says his boat was disabled and broadcasting a distress signal.
• The U.S. mission, deployed since August with ships and aircraft in Caribbean waters, has, by U.S. accounts, killed at least 27 suspected traffickers in six strikes on vessels.
• Press reports note Washington has not provided public proof that those killed were traffickers, while U.S. allegations linking Venezuela’s leadership to a drug network and talk of possible covert or land strikes raise regional tensions.