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Harriet Barber in Bogotá

Colombia recalls US ambassador amid spat with Trump over strikes on alleged drug boats

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Colombia's President Gustavo Petro and his US counterpart, Donald Trump. Composite: AFP via Getty Images

Colombia has recalled its ambassador to Washington amid a furious war of words between the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, and Donald Trump over deadly US strikes on boats in the Caribbean.

The row took a sharp turn this weekend when Petro accused the US of “murdering” a Colombian fisher in an attack on a vessel in its territorial waters. Petro and his administration said the mid-September strike was a “direct threat to national sovereignty” and that the victim was a “lifelong fisherman” and a “humble human being”.

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