US sanctions Colombian President Petro, citing illicit drugs

However, in a post on X, Petro wrote: “Fighting drug trafficking for decades, and effectively, has brought me this measure from the government of the very society we helped so much to stop their cocaine consumption. A complete paradox – but not one step back, and never on our knees.”

US President recently threatened to raise tariffs on Colombia and said on Wednesday that all funding to the country had been halted.