"On Monday evening, Trump added Colombia to a list of countries that included Afghanistan, Bolivia, Myanmar and Venezuela as having failed demonstrably during the past 12 months to adhere to obligations under international counternarcotics agreements and take measures required against drug trafficking. Under Petro's misguided leadership, coca cultivation & cocaine production in Colombia has increased to historic levels, the US State Department said on the X social media platform following the announcement of the presidential determination on major drug transit and producing countries."
"The United States is decertifying us after dozens of deaths of police officers and soldiers in the fight against drug cartels and armed groups funded by drug trafficking. They decertify us after we are the ones who have seized the most cocaine in all of history, the ones who have dismantled thousands of laboratories, Petro told a cabinet meeting. What we are doing does not really have to do with the Colombian people, he said, according to the Reuters news agency."
President Donald Trump designated Colombia among countries that failed demonstrably in the past 12 months to adhere to international counternarcotics obligations, joining Afghanistan, Bolivia, Myanmar and Venezuela. The U.S. State Department criticized President Gustavo Petro's leadership, saying coca cultivation and cocaine production in Colombia increased to historic levels. Trump determined the Colombian government failed to uphold drug control obligations but issued a waiver to preserve critical U.S. cooperation, including counter-narcotics. Petro responded that Colombia has seized record amounts of cocaine and dismantled thousands of laboratories, and said decertification followed heavy police and soldier casualties in the fight against traffickers.
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