Trump lobs fresh threats at Colombia

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00:00Trump Lobs Fresh Threats at Colombia

00:03Donald Trump warned Colombian President Gustavo Petro to wise up or be next amid tensions

00:08over narcotics policy and U.S. operations in the Caribbean.

00:12He described Petro as hostile to the United States and said that Colombia is producing

00:16a lot of drugs, repeating his allegation that the country operates cocaine manufacturing

00:21sites that send narcotics into the United States.

00:25He alleged that Petro oversees drug factories and said U.S. authorities know the locations

00:30of several such sites, though he offered no evidence to support the claim.

00:34Petro has firmly rejected U.S. accusations that Colombia is responsible for directing

00:39narcotics into the United States, calling such claims unfounded and politically driven.

00:45He has condemned U.S. military strikes on suspected drug smuggling vessels as unlawful and destabilizing,

00:51and he has argued that such actions undermine human rights and regional cooperation.

00:56In protest over the strikes, Petro ordered a suspension of intelligence cooperation with

01:00U.S. agencies, saying that information sharing should not be used to justify lethal operations

01:06against boats in international waters.

01:08U.S. military presence in the Caribbean and off South America has expanded, with warships,

01:14Marines, and fighter jets deployed for operations aimed at disrupting drug trafficking.

01:19Since early September, U.S. forces have carried out multiple strikes on vessels they describe

01:24as suspected drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific, resulting in dozens

01:29of deaths.

01:30The tensions are unfolding against the backdrop of broader U.S. pressure on Venezuelan President

01:35Nicolas Maduro, whom Trump has accused of facilitating drug flows toward the United States.

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