BOGOTA, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels on Tuesday denied any involvement with alleged drug boat destroyed by U.S. in the Caribbean. "The National Liberation Army does not and will not have any boat connected with drug trafficking activities, neither in the Caribbean nor any other ocean, simply because it is prohibited" by the group's rules, the ELN said in a statement dated Monday but posted on social media on Tuesday. U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth claimed over the weekend that a vessel bombed by U.S. forces in the Caribbean on Friday belonged to the ELN, though Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said it was the property of a "humble family." (Reporting by Luis Jaime Acosta Writing by Julia Symmes Cobb)
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