Petro Claims US Strike Off Venezuela Coast Killed Colombians

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Above: Gustavo Petro speaks at the Global Gateway Forum in Brussels on Oct. 9, 2025. Image copyright: Nicolas Tucat/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-Trump narrative

These military strikes on drug-carrying boats are exactly the kind of bold action needed to protect U.S. lives from narco-terrorist organizations that have been allowed to flood the U.S. with a deadly weapon that has poisoned Americans for too long. It's no wonder that the Senate has allowed Trump to keep blowing up cartel members despite opposition from Petro and Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro.

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Anti-Trump narrative

Whether you agree or not with Trump's claims that international drug smugglers are narco-terrorists, it's a matter of fact that drug trafficking into the U.S. is not an act of war and that the use of military force to kill civilians is not automatically authorized once the White House designates an organization as a terrorist one. Furthermore, the lack of names, evidence and oversight is concerning.

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