Family of Colombian fisherman killed in US boat strike files complaint alleging he was murdered
Alejandro Carranza was killed in a strike in the Caribbean on Sept. 15.
ByLaura Romero
Video byLilia Geho
December 3, 2025, 4:08 AM
The family of a Colombian fisherman who died in a U.S. military boat strike in September has filed a formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights alleging the U.S. government illegally killed him.
Alejandro Carranza was killed in a strike in the Caribbean on Sept. 15, according to the petition, filed on Tuesday.
"From numerous news reports, we know that U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was responsible for ordering the bombing of boats like those of Alejandro Carranza and the murder of all those on such boats," according to the petition. "Secretary Hegseth has admitted that he gave such orders despite the fact that he did not know the identity of those being targeted for these bombings and extra-judicial killings."
In the petition, Carranza's lawyer Dan Kovalik said the fisherman's family "has no recourse to adequate and effective remedies in Colombia to obtain redress for the injuries they have suffered due to the actions of the United States."
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