"Colombia's president Gustavo Petro addressed the UN general assembly Tuesday to call for a criminal process to be opened against counterpart Donald Trump for US strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean. Petro said unarmed poor young people died in the strikes that Washington said were part of a US anti-drug operation off the coast of Venezuela, whose president Washington accuses of running a cartel."
"He argued in New York on Tuesday that Trump must be investigated for giving the order for US forces to target young people who simply wanted to escape poverty while many cartel bosses live in the United States. A criminal process must be initiated against those officials who are from the United States. This includes the senior official who gave the order, President Trump, Petro said."
Gustavo Petro demanded a criminal investigation into Donald Trump for ordering US strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean that reportedly killed unarmed poor youths. More than a dozen people died in attacks on at least three boats that UN experts described as extrajudicial executions. The US characterized the actions as anti-drug operations and President Trump defended them at the UN while threatening to obliterate drug smugglers. The United States deployed eight warships and a submarine to the southern Caribbean, raising Venezuelan fears of invasion and prompting calls to bolster civilian militias.
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