Posted on 09/03/2025 11:51:10 AM PDT by DFG
The president of the leading cocaine producer in the world said Wednesday morning that the U.S. strike on a Tren de Aragua drug trafficking vessel Tuesday was tantamount to “murder.”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said, in in a post translated by the Daily Caller News Foundation, that the pilots of the boat were likely “poor young people” and that the killing was unjust because the transporters weren’t the “big narcos.” Colombia is not only the world’s largest exporter of cocaine, but also plays host to some of Latin America’s most vicious cartels and militias.
“We have been capturing civilians who transport drugs for decades without killing them,” Petro said in his post. “Those who transport drugs are not the big narcos, but very poor young people from the Caribbean and the Pacific.”
President Donald Trump designated a slew of Latin American cartels as terrorist organizations in early August and authorized the U.S. military to strike the groups. The strike Tuesday killed 11 operatives from the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua cartel.
Colombia exported a record high of 2,664 metric tons of cocaine in 2023, according to United Nations statistics. Petro was formerly a member of the M-19 militia, a Marxist militant group turned political party.
Petro has attempted to establish talks with armed groups, cartels and militias in Colombia after a brutal civil war killed thousands of Colombians over the course of more than 60 years. However, criminal groups have only added to their numbers since Petro came into office in 2023.
Petro has established himself as one of many international Trump critics early in his term, engaging in a public spat with the president over accepting deportation planes returning Colombians who illegally entered the United States. Petro has also claimed that cocaine is outlawed worldwide in part because it was mainly made in Latin America, also claiming it was “not worse than whiskey.”
The Colombian Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.
Oh? Sounds like El Presidente Petro knows something. Do tell, Senor El Presidente. Diga me.
“Capture”? Then you let em go? No thanks. This is what’s needed at the “peaceful” protests.
What, they never murder people in their line of work?
I don’t believe it.
To which the proper response is, "Fine. Give us the locations of the big narcos and authorize us to strike them on your soil."
let’s agree and move on to killing the “big narcos” he’s talking about.
Time for the poor little mules to FAFO.
Sounds like somebody lost their cut of the stash...
Yeah. I guess we should have fought WW2 by just killing Hitler, Mussolini, and Japan’s Emperor. Those poor, poor foot soldiers.
Nice, the word is out. Bet the traffic slows to a trickle.
Trump should get congress to declare war on Mexico, China, and most South American countries, then invade and kill anyone involved in the drug invasion of the US, including politicians.
take a look at the video
a peasant’s 16’ fishing dinghy does not normally come with 3 150 HP outboard motors in alignment.
That’s designed for speed, maneuverability and survivability.
Next thing you know, the poor yutes in the speed boat will have been racing to......
Enroll in college
Late for a job interview
Etc
Smoke and mirrors and stuck on stupid.
JMO, YMMV
Four. It had 4 outboards.
Too bad we didn’t run that Experiment.
Boo hoo!
Don’t worry, we will work our way up the food chain and eliminate the big narco bosses, the corrupt politicians, the corrupt bankers, and the corrupt judiciary.
Buh bye, Pendejo!
They were headed to their local floating 7Eleven for Skittles and iced tea.
GWBush would have approved....
Cigarette Boats -—> Cocaine Boats....
Well, they’re not poor anymore.
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