Overview

• President Trump says two survivors from the targeted submarine will be sent to Ecuador and Colombia for detention and prosecution.
• He says two others aboard were killed and describes the craft as a large vessel built to carry huge drug shipments on a known smuggling route.
• Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro rejects the U.S. assertions, denounces the naval campaign, and orders nationwide military exercises focused on border defense.
• Colombian President Gustavo Petro alleges a U.S. operation in September killed an uninvolved fisherman in Colombian waters and demands explanations from Washington.
• Coverage is based largely on official accounts, and earlier U.S. strikes on suspected drug boats have reportedly left more than two dozen people dead.