A US military boat strike occurred on September 15, 2025, killing three men, including Alejandro Caranza Medina.
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Behind the BastardsOct 3, 2026
Multiple reliable outlets confirm that Alejandro Carranza (Carranza Medina) was killed in a U.S. military strike on a boat on September 15, 2025, and ABC News reports that U.S. officials said three people in total were killed in that strike.
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… coast of Colombia and Venezuela, told El Clip that, quote, "it is common for the same boats that carry drugs on the outward journey to bring passengers back. The capitanes, as the boat operators are known, take whatever work they can get," end quote. The second boat strike we know of occurred on September 15, 2025. Alejandro Caranza Medina, a Colombian man, was one of three men killed by that boat strike. Family members told RTVC, a Colombian news outlet, that he had been on board the boat and that it was an artisanal fishing vessel. …
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Supports. AP reports the family of Alejandro Carranza filed a petition with the IACHR saying the U.S. military bombed his fishing boat on Sept. 15 off Colombia's Caribbean coast.[1]
Supports. Reuters and CBS both report that Carranza, a Colombian fisherman, was killed in the U.S. strike of September 15.[2][3]
Supports. ABC News reports that three people in total were killed in the Sept. 15 Caribbean strike, according to U.S. officials, and names Carranza among those killed.[4]
Context. Reuters places the strike off Colombia's Pacific coast, while AP and others place it in the Caribbean; this regional discrepancy is peripheral to the claim.[1][2]
Context. The claim's 'three men' versus sources' 'three people' is a minor wording difference and does not change the substance.[4]
Sources
4 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1Family of Colombian killed in US strike files human rights challengeapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Colombian family asks human rights court to probe US ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 3Family of Colombian fisherman killed in U.S. boat strike ...cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4Family of Colombian fisherman killed in US boat strike files complaint alleging he was murderedabcnews.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
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