World’s Biggest Cocaine Producing Country Calls Trump’s Narco Vessel Strike ‘Murder’

The president of the leading cocaine producer in the world said Wednesday morning that the U.S. strike on a Tren de Aragua drug trafficking vessel Tuesday was tantamount to “murder.”

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said, in in a post translated by the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation, that the pilots of the boat were likely “poor young people” and that the killing was unjust because the transporters weren’t the “big narcos.” Colombia is not only the world’s largest exporter of cocaine, but also plays host to some of Latin America’s most vicious cartels and militias.

“We have been capturing civilians who transport drugs for decades without killing them,” Petro said in his post. “Those who transport drugs are not the big narcos, but very poor young people from the Caribbean and the Pacific.” 

President Donald Trump designated a slew of Latin American cartels as terrorist organizations in early August and authorized the U.S. military to strike the groups. The strike on Tuesday killed