Wife Of Colombian Killed By U.S. Strike In The Caribbean Denies He Was a Drug-Trafficker: 'The Fishermen Have The Right To Live'

The wife of a Colombian man killed in one of the strikes conducted by the U.S. army in the Caribbean denied his husband was a drug-trafficker, like the Trump administration claims.

Speaking to AFP, Katerine Hernandez said her husband, Alejandro Carranza, was a "good man" devoted to fishing. He had told family he was going to a spot that had "good fish," but after days passed without news from him, they learned about the strikes on television.

"Why did they just take his life like that?" she asked. "The fishermen have the right to live. Why didn't they just detain them?"

However, the outlet noted that local media reported that Carranza did have a criminal record for stealing weapons in collusion with gangs.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has repeatedly slammed Trump over the campaign, especially since Washington forces targeted a boat in the Caribbean that carried citizens from the country.

Bogota announced on Monday it is recalling its ambassador to the U.S., the country's foreign minister said.

Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio Mapy said Daniel Garcia-Peña is already in Bogota, and Petro will inform about "decisions made about it" shortly.

Trump, on his end, has slammed Petro, most recently accusing his government of of failing to combat drug production. He called Colombia a drug manufacturing machine" and asserted that it "has the worst president they've ever had." "He's a lunatic," he added.

One Colombian citizen has survived one of the attacks. Jeison Obando Perez, is currently hospitalized in Bogota, according to local outlets. He is in critical condition, BBC Mundo noted. Perez is one of two survivors of the strike, the other being an Ecuadorean man.