Colombia President Gustavo Petro accused President Donald Trump of “carrying out extrajudicial executions” that "violate international law" after US' 9 strikes against alleged drug boats. According to US government accounts, it resulted in the deaths of at least 37 people in under two months.

“Mr Trump has slandered me and insulted Colombia. The deaths keep increasing like a taxi meter,” AFP quoted Petro as saying.

Trump has declared he will end hundreds of millions of dollars in US aid to Colombia and has threatened to impose tariffs on Colombian exports. If implemented, these cuts would undermine decades of joint security efforts aimed at reducing the flow of cocaine from Colombia, the world’s largest producer, to the United States, its biggest consumer, the report noted.

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