Rob Schmitz

And what they're saying is they've struck at least seven vessels, which they allege were loaded with drugs coming to the U.S.

Last week, U.S.

forces attacked a semi-submersible.

A U.S.

official told NPR that it appeared to be headed toward Europe.

Two were killed and two were taken into custody in that incident.

The two survivors were sent back home to Colombia and Ecuador.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said another strike had occurred on Friday and that that boat belonged to a leftist Colombian guerrilla group.

Three were killed in that attack.

And Colombia's president said what the U.S.

blew up was a fishing vessel.

I think the big picture here is that it has been decades since the U.S.

military has taken this kind of posture in the Americas.

So the region is tense.

It's tense.

Over the weekend, the U.S.

Embassy issued a warning telling American citizens to stay away from American facilities because of a threat that they did not elaborate on.

I was at a fishing village here, and the fishermen are scared.

I spoke to Renute Roberts, and he says when he's out at night, he can hear drones circling.

So he just heads back to shore.