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Colombian President Petro Slams Pete Hegseth Over Strike On Vessel Off Venezuela: 'You Want To Harass Us To Get Oil For Free'

Colombian president Gustavo Petro (Credit: Photo by ANDREA ARIZA/AFP via Getty Images)

Colombian President Gustavo Petro slammed U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Over the country's latest strike on a vessel off the Venezuelan coast on Friday.

In a social media publication, Petro responded to Hegseth's announcement of the strike, in which he claimed the U.S. had directed a "lethal, kinetic strike on a narco-trafficking vessel."

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