Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday issued a strongly worded statement calling the killing of a young Colombian man by federal immigration agents in Biddeford an “asesinato” — a word which translates to assassination, or murder.

Petro said he expects to hear from President Donald Trump about the incident, according to a translation of his statement on X from its original Spanish.

“What has happened in Maine is a murder of a Colombian, a Latin American, at the hands of the U.S. government,” Petro wrote. “They killed him for believing him to be an inferior being without rights, and as a person, he had all the rights conferred on a human being simply for being born, and he was a citizen with rights in the U.S.”

“I expect from the Colombian foreign service in the U.S. the fastest legal and human action so that the murderers pay for their homicide,” he continued.

Petro included video footage from the aftermath of the deadly shooting Monday involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with his statement. The Embassy of Colombia on Tuesday identified the victim as Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.

He was not the intended target of federal immigration agents, who were trying to execute a warrant, according to state officials. A federal officer fatally shot Guerrero, who was allegedly driving “in the direction of the officer” in an attempt to flee, according to the Office of the Maine Attorney General.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment on Petro’s statement.

Historically, Colombia has been a U.S. ally. For the past 30 years, the U.S. has worked closely with the country, the world’s largest producer of cocaine, to arrest drug traffickers, fend off rebel groups and boost economic development in rural areas, according to The Associated Press.

But relations between the country’s leaders have been strained by Trump’s massing of U.S. forces in the region for unprecedented deadly military strikes targeting suspected drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific.

Trump and Petro had a cordial meeting at the White House in February, with both men calling the meeting friendly and Petro saying Trump gifted him a red “Make America Great Again” cap. In March, however, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency designated Petro as a “priority target” as federal prosecutors probed his alleged ties to drug traffickers, the AP reported.

This story contains material from the Associated Press.