Colombian President Says Survivors Jumped Into Pacific

Saturday, January 03, 2026

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Friday that survivors jumped into the sea to escape a U.S. attack on suspected drug smuggling boats in the Pacific Ocean. Petro warned regional governments in a post on X after posting a map showing where the strike allegedly occurred, near Mexico and Guatemala.

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"Three people aboard one boat were killed, while those in the other two abandoned their vessel. SOUTHCOM said it notified the US Coast Guard after Tuesday's strike to activate search and rescue efforts. It's unclear whether any survivors have been recovered." No double tap this time?

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... He said three people died and others survived by abandoning the bombed vessels, citing information from Colombia's navy.

Petro posted, "Notice to all governments in the area. It seems this is the exact zone where the boaters who jumped from vessels that were bombed fell. It is known that three people died, the rest survived because they jumped into the sea. Information obtained by our naval force, which is ready to collaborate." ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-02 10:12 PM | Reply

Curious that Sec Hegseth did not go after and kill those survivors.

A tacit admission that he knows of his possible crimes for the second attack on survivors clinging to the wreckage back in September?

And why he still refuses to release that video?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-02 10:15 PM | Reply

Not sure what on earth good today's United Nations can do, since there is no such thing as holding the larger nations to accounts in regards to international law.
This darkness will spread, I am sure, and the world will once again dissolve into what happened just before both WWI and WWII exploded. All it will take is one nuke, one attempt to kidnap the American President or a member of his family...
The "law" is an illusion, when applied to the rich and powerful, both in regards to people like Musk, and in regards to rich nations like America or China.
And a world without "law" is just a jungle, with nukes.

#3 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-01-04 07:30 AM | Reply