Madrid, November 12 (Europe Press) –
Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced this Tuesday that his country would suspend “communications and other transactions” with U.S. security agencies due to U.S. government attacks on ships in the Caribbean.
“Public security intelligence agencies at all levels have been ordered to cease transmitting communications and other transactions with U.S. security agencies,” he said on the social network’s X account.
In a brief message, the president noted that the U.S. military launched bombings in September that killed more than 60 people, defended by the White House as an operation against drug trafficking and international organizations, and condemned by the United Nations as “extrajudicial executions,” and specified that the measures would remain in effect “as long as missile attacks on Caribbean shipping continue.”
“The war on drugs must be subject to the human rights of the people of the Caribbean,” he added, referring to the decision to increase tensions between Bogotá and the Donald Trump administration.
Petro made this statement after it became clear that the UK had moved in the same direction, which was first reported by the CNN television network and later by British media such as the Times and the Guardian, but so far there has been no confirmation of this from No. 10 Downing Street.
A British government spokesperson quoted by Sky News said only: “The United States is our closest partner in defense, security and intelligence, but in line with long-standing principles we do not comment on intelligence matters.”
Additionally, when asked about U.S. attacks on ships in the Caribbean and Pacific waters, he noted that these “decisions are a matter for North American countries” and that “the question of whether something violates international law is the responsibility of competent international courts, not governments.”
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