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Trump Allegedly Misidentified a Colombian Fisherman as a Venezuelan 'Narcoterrorist'
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Reason.com
Colombian President Gustavo Petro says one of the "narcoterrorists" recently killed by U.S. military strikes on boats in the Caribbean was a "fisherman" who had "no ties to the drug trade."
That man's death, one of at least 32 ordered by President Donald Trump, therefore qualified as "murder," Petro declared on Saturday.
But according to Petro, the attack that killed Carranza happened in Colombian waters, and the target was a "Colombian boat" that "was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure."
Notably, Trump did not actually contradict Petro's claim that Carranza had been erroneously identified as a Venezuelan "narcoterrorist."
Trump claims drug traffickers are "murdering" Americans because some of their customers—about 82,000 last year—die after consuming their products.