Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Colombia has recalled its ambassador to the United States in the wake of a feud between President Donald Trump and the president of Colombia over deadly U.S. naval attacks in the Caribbean.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused the United States of murdering a fisherman in a strike against a boat in Colombian waters in September. On Sunday, Trump posted on Truth Social that he was halting all funding to the country, which received $440 million in 2023.
Trump called Petro "an illegal drug leader," saying he "does nothing to stop" the production of drugs in Colombia. Petro repeatedly has rebuffed the accusations, saying his government seized about 1,000 tons of cocaine and closed more than 5,000 cocaine laboratories in 2024.
Petro and his administration said the strike on the boat, which Trump alleged was a drug smuggling boat, was a "direct threat to national sovereignty" and that the victim was a "lifelong fisherman" and a "humble human being."
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