Donald Trump calls Gustavo Petro “drug trafficking leader” and announces the end of financial aid to Colombia

“The Colombian president Gustavo Petro He is a drug trafficking leader who encourages the mass production of drugs, both in large and small fields, throughout Colombia. It has become, by far, the largest business in Colombiaand Petro does nothing to stop it, despite large-scale payments and subsidies from the US,” Trump said on his Truth Social network.

“Starting today, these payments, or any other form of payment or subsidy, will no longer be made Colombia. The purpose of this drug production is the massive sale of products to USAcausing death, destruction and havoc,” added the US president.

Furthermore, he threatened that if Petro did not close “these extermination camps immediately,” the United States “will close them.”

Trump’s statements come a month after USA will eliminate Colombia from the list of countries that fight against drugs, along with four other nations, for having “manifestly failed” in the last year to comply with their obligations under international anti-narcotics agreements.

In response, Petro stated that the Military forces of their country would stop depending on US weapons.

This decision also occurs in the midst of the “armed conflict” that the United States recently declared against drug trafficking and that has included the bombing of up to six alleged drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean Sea.

The deployment of United States in the Caribbeanwhich began in August under the justification of combating drug trafficking near the coasts 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 Nicolás Maduro, who sees the operation as a prelude to a possible attack against the country.