Colombia, Donald Trump and U.S. aid
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President Donald Trump called Colombian President Gustavo Petro an "illegal drug leader" on Sunday (October 19) and said payments to the South American nation would cease, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said U.S. forces had attacked a vessel associated with a Colombian rebel group. Gabe Singer reports.
Trump halts Colombia aid over drug row as US strikes rebel-linked boat, tensions with Petro escalate
The United States announced yesterday another strike against what it called a drug-running boat, this time attacking an alleged Colombian leftist
The Trump administration was repatriating two survivors, one Colombian and one Ecuadorean, of another strike on suspected drug runners in the Caribbean this week, rather than prosecute them or hold them in military detention.
President Donald Trump said the two survivors from a U.S. strike on a vessel suspected of carrying drugs are being sent back to their home countries.