Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday in a post on X that a “war scenario” has emerged in the Caribbean after a boat allegedly carrying Colombian citizens was bombed amid escalating tensions with U.S. forces under President Donald Trump.
Petro accused Washington of waging “a war for oil,” calling on Latin American nations and the international community to intervene and stop the aggression.
Petro shared a post by Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff of California regarding his plan to vote in favor of legislation to put a check on Trump’s ability to use deadly military force against drug cartels. Democrats and at least one Republican, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, are looking to counter the administration’s extraordinary assertion of presidential war power to destroy vessels in the Caribbean.
The Colombian president posted, “Senator Adam Schiff is correct. Now I find myself in a meeting with the European governments and I will say the same thing. A new war scenario has opened up: the Caribbean. Indications show that the last boat bombed was Colombian with Colombian citizens inside it. I hope their families come forward and report it. There is no war against smuggling; there is a war for oil and it must be stopped by the world. The aggression is against all of Latin America and the Caribbean.”
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