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Gavin Blackburn

Colombia and US vow joint fight against drug-smuggling guerillas, Bogotá says

Colombia's leftist President Gustavo Petro agreed with his US counterpart Donald Trump to take "joint action" against cocaine-smuggling guerrillas on the border with Venezuela, Bogotá's interior minister said on Thursday.

The two leaders held their first phone call on Wednesday, de-escalating tensions after Trump threatened military action against Colombia following the ouster of Venezuela's leftist leader Nicolás Maduro by US forces.

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