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Colombian President Petro Claims Trump Admin Is 'Allied' With 'Narcos' As Clashes Over Military Campaign Mount

Colombian President Gustavo Petro (Credit: Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP via Getty Images)

Colombian President Gustavo Petro again slammed the Trump administration over its military campaign in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, as well as the pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez.

Petro said in a social media publication on Sunday that "those dying as a result of missile strikes are poor fishermen, some of whom do short cocaine trips for narcos out of need," but those "who get parson are former presidents with strong ties with narco terrorism in Honduras and Colombia."

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