Colombia recalls US ambassador amid spat with Trump over strikes on alleged drug boats

Oct 20, 2025 - 13:00
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Colombia recalls US ambassador amid spat with Trump over strikes on alleged drug boats

Colombian president accuses US of killing a local fisher in boat attack as Trump threatens to slash aid to country

Colombia has recalled its ambassador to Washington amid a furious war of words between Colombian president Gustavo Petro and Donald Trump over deadly US strikes on boats in the Caribbean.

The row took a sharp turn this weekend when Petro accused the US of “murdering” a Colombian fisher in an attack on a vessel in its territorial waters. Petro and his administration said the mid-September strike was a “direct threat to national sovereignty” and that the victim was a “lifelong fisherman” and a “humble human being”. Continue reading...

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