Colombia's Petro levels accusation that US strike destroyed Colombian vessel

In August, Washington doubled the reward for information leading to Maduro’s arrest to $50 million, claiming that he is linked to drug trafficking and criminal groups.

Trump has played down the possibility of a regime change in the South American country.

The US military deployment in the southern Caribbean includes seven warships, a nuclear-powered submarine, and F-35 stealth fighters.

(Reporting by Nelson Bocanegra and Alexander Villegas in Bogota; Additional reporting by Gram Slattery and Phillip Stewart in Washington and Deisy Buitrago in Caracas; Editing by Humeyra Pamuk, Kylie Madry, Sarah Morland, Deepa Babington and Tom Hogue)