Colombia’s Petro urges ‘criminal process’ against Trump for Venezuelan strikes

<p>At UN, Gustavo Petro says ‘poor young people’ died in US strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats off Caribbean coast</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/colombia">Colombia</a>’s president Gustavo Petro addressed the UN general assembly Tuesday to call for a “criminal process” to be opened against counterpart <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> for US strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats in the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/caribbean">Caribbean</a>.</p><p>Petro said unarmed “poor young people” died in the strikes that Washington said were part of a US anti-drug operation off the coast of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/venezuela">Venezuela</a>, whose president Washington accuses of running a cartel.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/23/colombia-gustavo-petro-trump-criminal-process">Continue reading...</a>