Colombia, US Spar Over Petro’s Approach to Fighting Drug Cartels
Colombian police officers and a soldier patrol the San Bernardo neighborhood near the site of a grenade explosion in Bogota on March 13.
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Colombia said it’s acting “decisively” against transnational organized crime after a senior US official described the country’s president as being sympathetic to drug traffickers and gang members.
Operations against the Tren de Aragua gang have “significantly weakened” its consolidation in Bogota and thwarted its expansion plans, Colombia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement. On Saturday, a leader of the Clan del Golfo known as Chirimoya was killed during a joint operation with the country’s police and US Drug Enforcement Administration, it also said.