Colombia's leader slams U.S. boat strikes as illegal and ineffective
Colombian President Gustavo Petro gives his side of the story as he engages Trump in a war of words over mounting U.S. boat strikes.
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro gives his side of the story as he engages Trump in a war of words over mounting U.S. boat strikes.
CBS News spoke exclusively with Colombian President Gustavo Petro about some U.S. military strikes on boats allegedly carrying drugs off the coast of his country. CBS News' Lilia Luciano reports.
President Trump took questions from reporters at a homeland security roundtable on Thursday, addressing his administration's recent strikes on alleged drug boats in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea.
The U.S. has now carried out two strikes against alleged drug vessels on the Pacific side of Latin America.
The U.S. struck another alleged drug boat on Wednesday, the 8th such strike since September 2 and the first in the Pacific Ocean. CBS News White House reporter Aaron Navarro has more.
Since early September, the Trump administration has struck at least seven alleged drug-carrying boats in the Caribbean. Colombia's president is now accusing the U.S. of murder, claiming one of the attacks hit a fisherman. In response, President Trump said he cut off aid to Colombia and will impose new tariffs. Margarita Rojas, director of internal information at Caracol Televisión, joins "The Daily Report" to discuss.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. struck a seventh alleged drug-carrying boat in the Caribbean on Friday. CBS News Pentagon reporter Eleanor Watson has the details.
The Department of Defense has released footage from Friday's deadly strike on an alleged drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean Sea. CBS News Pentagon reporter and producer Eleanor Watson has the details.
Tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela are at an all-time high over deadly U.S. strikes in Caribbean waters targeting suspected drug traffickers.
President Trump posted a video of a U.S. military strike on a submersible suspected of smuggling drugs on Saturday. Two people were killed in the Thursday strike but the two survivors were brought to a Navy ship. Mr. Trump says the U.S. will send the them back to their home countries for detention and prosecution. Willie James Inman has more.
Police in Trinidad and Tobago said they have received reports that two of the country's citizens were killed in a U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat.
President Trump says the U.S. has struck another small boat he accuses of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.
Fishermen in Trinidad and Tobago are fearing that a U.S. military strike in the Caribbean could kill them and their livelihoods.
The Coast Guard says it seized nearly 30,000 pounds of cocaine from alleged drug boats in recent weeks.
As he sends more troops to Venezuela's borders amid a standoff with Trump, President Nicolas Maduro says he's also rescheduling Christmas, to defend "the right to happiness."
The U.S. is strengthening its military presence in the Caribbean to combat drug trafficking. Meanwhile, Venezuela has pledged more troops to fight drug trafficking following the U.S. deployment of fighter jets to Puerto Rico and a strike against a Venezuelan boat allegedly carrying drugs. Retired Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, joins with more insight.
The plume is forecast to move northwest and reach Florida mid-week, then hit other states including Georgia, the Carolinas, Texas and Louisiana by Friday, radar shows.
A vibrant new mural project at the corner of Front and Susquehanna aims to honor the cultural significance of Philadelphia's Norris Square.
The city of Revere, Massachusetts, said in a social media post that the three women were local residents.
Warning: Some details of this report may be disturbing. A new Amnesty International report shows the harrowing effect gang violence has had on children in Haiti. Miami Herald Caribbean correspondent Jacqueline Charles joins "The Daily Report" to discuss its impact.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred Saturday around 6:23 p.m. Eastern Time with an epicenter about 129 miles southwest of George Town, the capital of the Cayman Islands.
The partially submerged boat contained decomposed human remains, officials said, and was towed to St. Kitts.
U.S. guns are fueling conflict in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Tropical Storm Sara developed in the Caribbean on Thursday, threatening parts of Central America with life-threatening and potentially catastrophic rain.
U.S. airlines are barred from flying to Haiti for a month after 3 American carriers' planes are hit by gunfire amid relentless gang violence in the Caribbean nation.