Belgium, pres. Petro demands U.S. identify victims of its attacks in Caribbean Sea

In Belgium, president Petro called on the United States to disclose the identities of the victims of its attacks in the Caribbean Sea. teleSUR

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00:00Now we go to Colombia.

00:01The President, Gustavo Petro, demanded on Thursday that the United States government

00:05publish the list of names of those killed by its warships in the Caribbean.

00:09The President stated that it is the responsibility of the U.S. government to determine the identities,

00:15nationalities, cargo and destination of the victims.

00:19To date, the U.S. government has not identified the people who were on board the vessels that

00:24were attacked.

00:25However, it alleges that they were individuals presumably involved in drug trafficking.

00:31The Colombian President described the attacks on the ships as disproportionate and called

00:36the lethality murder.