Colombian president calls for investigation into Trump’s actions in the Caribbean

Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered his nation’s security forces Tuesday to stop sharing intelligence with the United States, until the Trump administration stops its strikes on suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean., Euronews writes.

In a message on X, Petro wrote that Colombia’s military must immediately end “communications and other agreements with US security agencies”, as relations deteriorate between the nations that were once close partners in the fight against drug trafficking.

Petro wrote that “the fight against drugs must be subordinated to the human rights of the Caribbean people.”

At least 75 people have been killed by the US military in strikes in international waters since August, according to figures supplied by the Trump administration.

Petro has called for US President Donald Trump to be investigated for war crimes over the strikes, which have affected citizens of Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago.