Lower thirds:

0:03 Report by / Felipe Abondano
0:15 Eyecenid Pacheco / Fisherman
0:42 Jean Eliecer Gomez / Fisherman
1:15 Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio Mapy / Colombian Foreign Minister

Script:

Colombian fisherman Alejandro Carranza was killed in September when US forces fired on his boat. They say he was transporting drugs.

His colleagues strongly disagree.

SOT Eyecenid Pacheco, fisherman:
No, I think that's wrong. I believe they should arrest him first and try him, not attack him immediately and find out if we're fishermen or drug traffickers, as they claim. So I see that as wrong, very wrong.

At least 69 people have been killed since the Trump administration started targetting alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean. The attacks have led to fear among fishermen in the Colombian city of Santa Marta.

SOT Jean Eliecer Gomez, fisherman:
We're afraid to go fishing. Not because we're afraid something will happen to us, but because no one is held accountable. No one is held responsible for the poor.

Protests over the attacks have triggered a crisis in US-Colombian relations. 

The US recently placed Colombian President Gustavo Petro on a sanctions list aimed at countering drug trafficking. The Colombian government says it is unjust. Its foreign minister says Colombia has shown results in the fight against drugs.
 
SOT Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio Mapy, Colombian Foreign Minister:
Never before has so much cocaine been seized on the high seas. A major recent seizure has led to the arrest of those involved, who have undergone legal proceedings.

The seizure she refers to is the Colombian government's recent interception of 7 tons of drugs at sea. The operation was carried out jointly with French authorities. 

For the fishermen of Santa Clara, they hope diplomacy will help them continue to make a living from the sea — in peace.