Colombia recalls ambassador to US
Colombia has recalled its ambassador to the U.S. in the wake of recent tensions between the two countries.
“The Ambassador of Colombia to the United States, Daniel García-Peña, has been recalled to Bogotá for consultations by President Gustavo Petro Urrego,” Colombian Foreign Minister Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio Mapy said in a statement posted to the social platform X on Monday.
“The Government of Colombia will announce the corresponding decisions in due course.”
On Sunday, President Trump went after Colombian President Gustavo Petro, saying he “is an illegal drug leader strongly encouraging the massive production of drugs, in big and small fields, all over.”
“It has become the biggest business in Columbia, by far, and Petro does nothing to stop it, despite large scale payments and subsidies from the USA that are nothing more than a long term rip off of America. AS OF TODAY, THESE PAYMENTS, OR ANY OTHER FORM OF PAYMENT, OR SUBSIDIES, WILL NO LONGER BE MADE TO COLUMBIA,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
Trump’s post followed Petro accusing the U.S. of “murder” after a September strike targeting what Trump said were “confirmed narcoterrorists.”
“US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters. Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing,” Petro said in a post on the social platform X.
“The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure. We await explanations from the US government,” he added.