RT composite: president of Colombia Gustavo Petro (left); president of the United States Donald Trump (right). © Getty Images/Thierry Monasse; AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
Colombia's president Gustavo Petro condemned the American attacks on ships allegedly owned by cartels in the Caribbean Sea after the Pentagon announced a fresh operation to fight drug traffickers.
Colombia has long worked with the United States on safety issues, peculiarly in its dealings with Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and the fight against drug trafficking, although their political course has late changed under Petro, erstwhile Marxist guerrilla M-19.
In an interview with NBC News, Petro did not dress up in words, criticizing U.S. president Donald Trump.
“This is simply a barbarian” said Petro in fragments aired on Thursday.
“He wants to intimidate us” – he added.
The president of Colombia did not regulation out that any ships attacked by attacks were linked to cartels.
‘Maybe not. We do not know” He said, adding:
"By due process and civilised treatment of people, they should be detained and arrested".
Petro described the victims as ‘poor fishermen’ They were hired by cartels.
“When 1 of these missiles comes, it kills that fisherman.
It does not kill a drug dealer’ – he said.
He had previously stated that at least any of the victims were non-organized fishermen.
The United States imposed sanctions on Petro last period after Trump called it ‘drug leader’.
Colombia limited the exchange of intelligence from the US this week, although Home Secretary Armando Benedetti later explained that Bogota would proceed to work with US national agencies, including the DEA and the FBI.
As of September, the United States attacked at least 20 boats, killing about 80 people.
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Thursday the launch of Operation confederate Spear against “Narkotterrorists” in the region.
CNN informed that Trump was informed of possible targets in Venezuela as part of the operation;
He accused Maduro of helping cartels smuggle drugs into the US.
Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.rt.com/news/627772-petro-calls-trump-barbarbarian/
