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President Donald Trump’s withdrawn Colombian anti -drug ally certification. It is the first time in 28 years that measure of this nature is adopted. The announcement was made on Monday (9/15).
However, military operations would be maintained for the United States, according to the newspaper El Tiempo.
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Trump blamed the agent Gustavo Petro for the decision on the grounds that the country fails to comply with agreed commitments against drug trafficking.
“Coke cultivation and cocaine production in Colombia have reached historical levels,” the American embassy in Bogotá argued in his official X (former Twitter) account.
In the same note, he said the US “are grateful to the police and security forces that are facing Terrorists Narco. We recognize their courage, skills and sacrifices.”
In response to the statement, President Petro said on the social network that representatives of the embassy began “a factual lie.” Coca cultivation grew during the Iván Duque government (2018-2022. “It was the US policy that failed,” he said.
“To reduce coca leaves cultivation, glyphosate (herbicide) is not required by planes, but a decrease in demand for cocaine, especially in the United States and Europe,” he amended.
You start with a factual lie gentlemen us Embassy. The growth of coca crops is presented in the Duke government, and with forced fumigation. It is the US policy that has failed.
So that coca leaf culture decreases, what is needed is not …
– Gustavo Petro (@Petrogustavo)
