BOGOTA – Colombia's President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday there were “signs” that the last small boat attacked by the U.S. military off the coast of Venezuela was carrying Colombian citizens.

“A new front in the war has opened: the Caribbean,” Petro wrote on the social platform X. “Signs show that the last bombed boat was Colombian with Colombian citizens aboard.”

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He did not provide any explanation for what those signs were. “I hope that their families come forward and report it,” he added.

Neither Petro’s office nor Colombia’s Defense Ministry responded immediately to requests for additional information.

The U.S. government also has not identified who was aboard the boat, nor the three boats attacked previously.

Last Friday, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegse

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