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Sibylla Brodzinsky in Cúcuta

Colombian president says ‘I will take up arms again’ if US invades

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Gustavo Petro and Donald Trump. Composite: Getty Images

Donald Trump and his Colombian counterpart have turned up the volume of their war of words, further raising tensions between the two countries after US forces attacked Venezuela to remove Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from power.

Speaking to reporters on Air Force One on Sunday, the US president threatened similar military action against Colombia, saying the South American country is “very sick too” and “run by a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States”.

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