Colombia's foreign ministry says it has recalled its ambassador from the U.S.   This comes after Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused the U.S. of murdering a Colombian fisherman after President Trump ordered a military strike on boats in the Caribbean.

Colombia has recalled its ambassador to the United States in the wake of a feud between President Donald Trump and the president of Colombia over deadly U.S. naval attacks in the Caribbean.

Colombia's foreign ministry said on Monday the country has recalled its ambassador from the United States after President Donald Trump said he would raise tariffs on the South American nation and stop all payments to it,

President Donald Trump threatens Colombia with tariffs after President Petro challenges U.S. Caribbean strikes targeting alleged narco-terrorists, escalating tensions.

President Donald Trump on Sunday announced he was cutting all federal funding to Colombia amid a deepening row between the right-wing populist American leader and socialist President Gustavo Petro.

Daniel García-Peña, the country's ambassador in Washington DC has already returned to Bogotá, according to the Colombian foreign ministry. The announcement came amid escalating tensions between the countries, including the US military strike on a boat in the Caribbean that killed Colombian nationals.

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It's a war of words between President Donald Trump and Colombian leader Gustavo Petro over illegal drugs, with hundreds of millions of dollars in American aid hanging in the balance.

The move is the latest in a string of escalations from the US which has struck at least six ships in the Caribbean Sea in recent weeks.

The United States announced yesterday another strike against what it called a drug-running boat, this time attacking an alleged Colombian leftist