Relations deteriorate as Gustavo Petro claims government of Trump ally Daniel Noboa bombing targets in Colombia
President Gustavo Petro has accused Ecuador of bombing targets inside Colombian territory, saying later that the burned remains of nearly 30 people had been found near the border, in a sharp deterioration in relations between the two neighbouring countries.
The Colombian leader said on Tuesday that an attack which had left “27 charred bodies” did not appear to have been carried out by Colombia’s own forces or any illegal armed groups which he said do not have armed planes.
“The explanation isn’t credible,” he said, later addingthat the bomb was found “100 meters from the home of an impoverished peasant family”.
Petro had earlier linked recent strikes to intensifying US-backed counter-narcotics operations in the region. “We are being bombed from Ecuador,” he said late on Monday.
