The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, reiterated his request to the United States to halt its military operations against drug trafficking in the Caribbean Sea.
"Once again, I ask the government of the United States to return to respecting human rights in the fight against drugs. With my government, the government of the U.S., we have helped seize thousands of tons of cocaine without killing anyone," assured the Colombian head of state.
On his social media, while the IV CELAC and European Union (EU) Summit is taking place in Santa Marta, he stated: "What they are doing by launching missiles in the Caribbean against poor fishermen, who may or may not be in the service of cocaine shipping operations carried out by drug lords who are not being touched by the operations, are nothing more than extrajudicial executions against Caribbean and Latin American citizens in a state of defenselessness."
"With the family, children, partner of fisherman Alejandro Carranza, murdered with a missile near Santa Marta, Colombia. Rubio and Trump are completely wrong," Petro emphasized.
The discussion about U.S. intervention in the Caribbean Sea has entered the CELAC-EU Summit, which began this Sunday in Colombia and will continue tomorrow. "They are neither terrorists nor drug traffickers. A very poor family, living in the poorest neighborhood of Santa Marta."
