MIAMI, Florida.- This Sunday, the president of the United States, Donald Trumpannounced the end of financial aid to Colombia for his lack of action in the fight against drug trafficking, and considered his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petrolike “a drug trafficking leader“.
“Colombian President Gustavo Petro is a drug trafficking leader who encourages mass drug production, both large and small, throughout Colombia. It has become, by far, the largest business in Colombia, and Petro does nothing to stop it, despite large-scale payments and subsidies from the US,” Trump said in a statement. Truth Social.
“Starting today, these payments, or any other form of payment or subsidy, will no longer be made to Colombia. The purpose of this drug production is the massive sale of products to the United States, causing death, destruction and havoc,” added the US president.
| URGENT: Trump: “The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, is a drug trafficking leader who strongly encourages the mass production of drugs, in large and small fields, throughout Colombia.
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Furthermore, he threatened that if Petro did not close “these extermination fields immediately,” the United States “will close them.”
Colombia off the list of countries that fight against drugs
| BREAKING NEWS — Donald Trump announces the immediate suspension of all payments, subsidies and any other form of financial aid from the United States to Colombia. Trump directly accuses Colombian President Gustavo Petro of being an “illegal drug leader” who… pic.twitter.com/BJO6rH72K9
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Trump’s statements come a month after the United States removed Colombia from the list of countries that fight against drugsalong with four other nations, for having “manifestly failed” to comply with their obligations under international anti-narcotics agreements in the last year.
Reaction of the president of Colombia
In response, Petro stated that the Military forces of their country would stop depending on the US weapons.
US military vessels in the Caribbean Sea
This decision also occurs in the middle of the “armed conflict” that the United States recently declared against drug traffickingand which has included the bombing of up to six alleged drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean Sea.
The United States deployment in the Caribbean, which began in August under the justification of combat drug trafficking near the coast of Venezuelaincludes the use of planes and ships by the North American country.
However, it has caused growing tension between Washington and the Government of Nicolas Madurowhich sees the operation as a prelude to a possible attack against the country.
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