Colombia's left-wing President Gustavo Petro has been outspoken in his condemnation of the U.S. military strikes on what the Trump administration says are drug smuggling boats in international waters. Petro calls the strikes easy, but ineffective in tackling the mammoth problem of drug smuggling — and illegal to boot.

The Trump administration has announced at least 10 such strikes on boats during the past two months, including two off Colombia's Pacific coast this week. The most recent came overnight, when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. carried out "a lethal kinetic strike" on a vessel he said was operated by the Tren de Aragua gang, "trafficking narcotics in the Caribbean Sea."

Hegseth said "six male narco-terrorists were aboard the vessel during the strike, which was cond

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