He President Gustavo Petro He urged the relatives of the victims of United States attacks to boats that supposedly transport illegal drugs to that country to “associate” and assured that these actions break the universal legal principle of proportionality.
“Launch missiles when you can intercept as Colombia does, it produces the rupture of the universal legal principle of proportionality, therefore, it is a murder. The relatives of these young people must be associated“Petro wrote in his X account.
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The president’s position is known after the United States sank another boat in international waters near Venezuela, according to the War Secretary, Pete Hegsethwho pointed out that four people died aboard and accused them of “Narcoterroristas“
Boat in the Caribbean Sea
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In that context, Petro insisted that in those vessels “They are not narco -terrorist“And he reiterated that drug traffickers live in United States, in Europe and Dubai.
The sinking of the vessel adds to the at least four other attacks that the United States has carried out since September against supposed narcolancas in the Caribbeanthree of them near Venezuela and another near Dominican Republic.

Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela
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The military deployment of the United States in the Caribbean, under the argument of fighting drug trafficking, has been criticized by the government of Nicolás Maduro, which considers it a threat of a possible attack against Venezuela.
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On September 15, Petro crossed out “murder“The attack with which the US sank a second boat in the Caribbean Sea that allegedly transported three Venezuelan drug traffickers.
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