Colombia’s president calls US attacks on alleged drug boats ‘act of tyranny’
If Colombian President Gustavo Petro finds that Colombians were killed in attacks on the BBC, in an interview that he called for crimes against US officials, the US air strikes on boats for drug trade in the Caribbean Sea.
President Donald Trump made strikes to the United States that had been reported to have killed 17 since they started this month when they needed to stop Fentanil and other illegal narcotics flow.
Legal experts and MPs questioned whether they violate international human rights laws.
“Why do you throw a missile if you can stop the boat and arrest the crew?” Petro said. “He would say murder.”
Speaking with the BBC on Wednesday, Petro said that “zero death” should be in the stopping of speed boats believed to be involved in drug trafficking.
“We have a long history to cooperate with American agencies and other agencies.” No one has died before. No need to kill anyone. “
Authorized, “If you use more than a pistol”, the principle of proportionality of force has been violated, he added.
According to the Trump administration, the strikes in international waters first focused on Venezuela, Colombia’s neighbor Venezuela, but provided little details about the US, targets and killed individuals, and the train reports that the members of the Aragua gang were on the first attacked boat.
Democratic MPs in Washington demanded answers from the White House about the legislation of the strikes defined by the United Nations experts as unjust executions.
The White House, asked about Petro’s comments, said Trump is ready to use every element of American power to stop the flooding of drugs and bring the responsible ones to justice. “
In an interview, where honors from all over the world came together for an annual high -profile United Nations meeting in New York, Petro accused the Trump of the people of humiliation of their people and said that the South American countries would “bend the king”.
After returning to office in January, Trump hardened his speaking and trade policies for the entire Latin America, as people who said that the US said that the southern border was illegally passed on a major deportation.
Earlier this year, as foreign terrorist organizations, some Latin American guilty gangs and drug cartels began to identify.
Petro has shone many times with the US counterpart. Now, Petro, who was suppressed whether he was more isolated his country, said Trump, who isolated the US with his foreign policies.
“Trump insulted me during a presidential campaign, he called me a terrorist.” He said.
