On September 15, 2025, Alejandro Carranza, a Colombian fisherman and father of three, was killed in a U.S. military airstrike in international waters near the Caribbean.

His family says he was on a routine fishing trip — something he had done for years — when his boat was struck without warning. His daughter, just 14, never got to say goodbye. No body was recovered. No explanation was given. And no accountability has followed.

The U.S. government claimed it was targeting “narcoterrorists” but has not released any proof that Alejandro was involved in drug trafficking. Even if suspicion existed, killing him without trial, evidence, or immediate threat violates both U.S. and international law.

Alejandro was known in his Santa Marta community as a hardworking, peaceful man — someone who supported his children and occasionally took odd jobs piloting boats for others. His partner, who now lives with their children in poverty, says: “If he was a narcoterrorist, why are we living in misery instead of a mansion?”

Alejandro’s death is part of a larger pattern of U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean that have killed at least 80 people and left survivors traumatized. But there has been no official investigation, no recognition of wrongdoing, and no justice for the families left behind.

We demand that the U.S. Department of Defense and Congress:

• Immediately investigate the strike that killed Alejandro Carranza
• Release all evidence and targeting criteria related to the attack
• Provide compensation to Alejandro’s surviving family
• Halt strikes in international waters that do not meet international standards of imminent threat.

The United States cannot claim to uphold democracy, law, and human rights while killing fishermen without trial and leaving their children with nothing.

Sign this petition to demand truth, justice, and accountability for the family of Alejandro Carranza — and for every civilian wrongly killed in our name.

Photo: Federico Rios