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The renewed collaboration between the governments of USA y Colombia in the fight against drug trafficking is beginning to bear fruit. One week after the presidents’ meeting Donald Trump y Gustavo Petro at the White House, the security forces of both countries intercepted this Monday in a joint operation a narco-submarine that was transporting nearly 10 tons of cocaine.
As reported by the State Department in a message published on social networks, the operation was carried out with the support of the Colombian armed forces and allowed the destruction of seized drugsvalued at about 441 million dollars.
The authorities They also arrested four alleged drug traffickers who made up the submarine’s crew. The operation was carried out in international waters, although the exact location was not specified.
With INL support, Colombian security forces executed a joint operation to target this narco-sub. 10 tons of cocaine worth $441M are now destroyed & 4 narco-traffickers arrested. Strong partnerships deliver strong results. 🇺🇸🇨🇴 pic.twitter.com/kWYuaN3Ua9
— US Dept of State INL (@StateINL) February 9, 2026
The action took place a week after the official visit of Colombian President Gustavo Petro to his American counterpart Donald Trump in Washington in an attempt to rebuild the bilateral relationship after recent diplomatic tensions and exchanges of insults.
Trump confessed in a press conference that he had approached Petro a collaboration agreement related to drug traffickingalthough without revealing details about it. “We are working on it,” he said. The White House has celebrated the “strong partnership that produces robust results.”
Since August 2025, the Trump Administration’s policy had consisted mainly of bombing vessels allegedly linked to drug trafficking in the Pacific and the Caribbean, within the framework of operation Southern Spear. Unlike those operations—which have left more than 115 people dead—in this joint action the crew members were detained to be prosecuted.
However, the US Southern Command, responsible for this operation, announced on Monday a new attack against another alleged drug boat in the Pacific, killing two of the three crew members.
The US armed forces detailed that after the bombing the Coast Guard activated the search and rescue system to help the crew member of the boat who survived.
On Feb. 9, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking… pic.twitter.com/fa5vppjcCy
— U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) February 10, 2026
In its X account, the Southern Command detailed that the operation was ordered by General Francis L. Donovanwho has been in charge of this military division since last February 5.
The attack against the boat, which joins 40 other similar attacks carried out in international waters in recent months, was carried out on a “well-known drug trafficking route.”