US operations in the CaribbeanColombia cuts intelligence cooperation “at all levels”
According to Colombian President Petro, a fisherman died in an “extrajudicial execution” following a US raid on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean. Petro did not order any further information to be shared. England should do something similar.
Colombia stopped sharing intelligence information with the US in response to US attacks on suspected drug vessels in the Pacific and Caribbean. Colombian President Gustavo Petro said via
Meanwhile, the British government refused to comment on a CNN report that London had stopped sharing intelligence on suspected drug ships in the Caribbean with the US to avoid involvement in possible attacks. “We do not comment on security or intelligence matters,” said British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s spokesman. The US is Britain’s “closest defense, security and intelligence partner”, he stressed.
Trump’s fight against drug speedboats
Colombian President Petro, who also referred to the CNN report in his X-Post, also stated that the joint fight against drugs must be “subordinated to the human rights of the people of the Caribbean.” The head of state reacted to the US attack in the Caribbean, which he said also killed a Colombian fisherman. He criticized that the man was killed in an “extrajudicial execution”.
In recent weeks, US forces have repeatedly attacked speedboats belonging to suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific on orders from President Donald Trump. Dozens of people have been killed. This approach has attracted a lot of criticism. From the perspective of UN human rights experts, America is violating international law.
Relations between Bogota and Washington have recently deteriorated massively. The US government accused Petro of lacking resolve in fighting drug cartels and recently imposed sanctions on the president. Much of Colombia’s drug eradication success has depended on information from US authorities or other key partners, such as the UK.
The largest aircraft carrier in the world is called
Meanwhile, the US military continues to increase its military strength in Latin American waters. The world’s largest aircraft carrier, “USS Gerald R. Ford”, which was withdrawn from the Mediterranean some time ago by the Pentagon, reached the US Southern Command area of operations, the US Navy announced on Tuesday. The exact location was not disclosed. Its area of operations extends across the Caribbean and also across the waters bordering Central and South America.
America justifies its military presence by fighting transnational criminal organizations and protecting its homeland from drugs. However, due to increasing tensions between the US and the Caribbean state of Venezuela, there is increasing speculation regarding the real reasons for the carrier’s relocation to the region.
The Trump administration accused Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro of being involved in drug smuggling to the United States. Washington wants him tried in the US. Venezuela’s authoritarian government not only views the accumulation of additional military units in the Caribbean as a threatening act, but so does neighboring countries such as Colombia and Brazil.
