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Colombian President Gustavo Petro has accused the US of "murder" after an attack on a ship in Colombian territorial waters in September.
In a post on social media, Petro accused the US of violating his country's sovereignty and killing a Colombian fisherman.
In a post on X, he writes: "The Colombian boat was at sea and had its distress signal due to an engine failure" when it was hit. "We await explanations from the US government."
This comes after President Donald Trump said the ship hit a "submarine carrying drugs" on Thursday, killing two people.
Writing on social media, Trump said two people were killed in the US attack on the ship, which, he said, had been confirmed by US intelligence as being "largely filled with Fentanyl and other illegal narcotics."
Thursday's attack is at least the sixth U.S. attack on ships in the Caribbean Sea in recent weeks. It is the first time that survivors have been reported.
Trump has defended the ongoing attacks on the ships, saying they are intended to stop the flow of drugs from Latin America to the US, but his government has not provided evidence or details about the identities of the ships or those on board.
UN-appointed human rights experts have described the US strikes as "extrajudicial executions".
Trump posted a video that appears to show the submarine that was hit on Thursday.
At least 27 people were killed in five previous boat attacks in waters near Venezuela, according to figures released by the US administration.
Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Friday that the submarine targeted in the latest attack was "specifically built for transporting massive quantities of drugs."
"This was not a group of innocent people. I don't know many people who have submarines, and this was an attack on a submarine loaded with drugs," he said, adding that no US military personnel were injured.
The US president also said that two people who survived would be returned to their countries of origin, Ecuador and Colombia.
They were transferred to a US Navy ship, a source familiar with the matter told CBS News, the BBC's American partner.
In recent weeks, Trump has stepped up threats against Venezuela's leadership over allegations that the country is sending drugs to the U.S. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused Trump of trying to make the South American nation "an American colony."
Trump previously told reporters that he had authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela and that he was considering launching attacks on Venezuelan soil.
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