U.S. Secretary of Defense Hertz.
On October 19, local time, U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth stated that the U.S. military launched an attack on a drug trafficking ship of the "Colombian National Liberation Organization" in the area of responsibility of the U.S. Southern Command on October 17. At that time, the ship was traveling along a known drug trafficking line, and three men were killed in the attack.
The Colombian National Liberation Organization is an anti-government armed group in Colombia.
Colombia and Venezuela are neighboring countries. Recently, the United States deployed several warships in the Caribbean waters near Venezuela on the grounds of combating drug trafficking. (General reporter Cao Jian and Deng Xuemei)