Overview
- President Trump announced the suspension of U.S. financial assistance to Colombia and signaled higher tariffs on Colombian goods, saying details would follow.
- Bogotá recalled its ambassador for consultations and denounced what officials called a U.S. threat of invasion following the aid freeze and warnings from Washington.
- The Pentagon said U.S. forces struck an ELN‑affiliated boat on October 17, killing three, bringing the campaign to at least seven vessels targeted and roughly 30 deaths since August.
- Trump said two survivors from a struck drug‑carrying submersible are being returned to Colombia and Ecuador, citing U.S. intelligence that the craft was largely filled with fentanyl and other illicit drugs.
- Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused the U.S. of violating maritime sovereignty and killing fisherman Alejandro Carranza, as legal experts question strikes on suspects not intercepted or questioned in foreign or international waters.