A new dispute has erupted between Presidents Gustavo Petro and Donald Trump, generating significant tension between the two governments. Among other things, it was sparked by comments the Colombian president made about the ongoing bombings in the Caribbean Sea.

In recent hours, Petro denounced that one of the attacks apparently occurred in Colombian waters and, most seriously, left a fisherman dead. He therefore asserted that the U.S. officials had committed"murder."

The head of state was referring to the operation carried out on September 16 against a boat that, according to the United States, was transporting drugs. Apparently, and according to Petro, a Colombian fisherman identified as Alejandro Andrés Carranza Medina, 40, was on board. Alejandro Carranza Medina, the fisherman who died during the bombing. | Photo: Prosecutor's Office

However, a few hours after the president's statement, the case took a drastic turn after the past of Carranza Medina, known as Coroncoro, became known.

This man, a native of Santa Marta, was involved in a high-profile case that left its mark on the police force in the Magdalena region almost a decade ago.

Everything happened between March and September 2015, when the disappearance of 264 firearms that had been seized from illegal groups and were in the Sijín evidence warehouse came to light.

The Prosecutor's Office immediately began the respective investigations and discovered the irregularities that had occurred: a Sijín patrol boat forged the signature of a prosecutor, thereby authorizing the seizure of the aforementioned weapons.

According to the investigation, the gang - which at the time was known as Los Pachenca - paid 300 million pesos to have their weapons returned.

The investigations began and everything ended with the capture of seven people, among whom was Alejandro Andrés Carranza Medina, the fisherman who is now defended by Petro and who, apparently, died in the bombing of September 16 that occurred in the Caribbean Sea.

At the time, Coroncoro pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit a crime, embezzlement by appropriation, falsification of a public document, and aggravated theft. The other suspects pleaded not guilty.

for the more than 200 weapons that were lost in this case, which became one of the most notorious in Santa Marta.

Despite his dark past and criminal record, Carranza's family has maintained that he was a fisherman who died while simply fishing in his boat, as he did every day.

“He was a quiet man, he went out fishing every morning. He didn’t have any enemies and he wasn’t involved in anything strange,” said Audenis Manjarrés, a relative, in an interview with RTCV Noticias.

Once it became known that the man allegedly died in the bombing, President Petro asked the Attorney General's Office to investigate what happened and even called on Coroncoro's family to report what the Donald Trump administration allegedly did.