BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday called for a criminal investigation against U.S. President Donald Trump and other officials involved in this month’s deadly strikes on boats in the Caribbean that the White House has said were transporting drugs. President of Colombia Gustavo Petro Urrego addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at U.N. headquarters. Few details are known about the deadly strikes, the first of which took place Sept. 2 and killed 11 people, according to the Trump administration. The Trump administration has justified the military action as a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs into the United States. Petro, Colombia’s first leftist president, restarted his country’s diplomatic relations with Venezuela after taking office in 2022.