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The Guardian - US
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Cy Neff and Reuters

US places sanctions on Colombian president over alleged failure to stop cartels

Man at press conference
Gustavo Petro, the Colombian president, at a press conference in Bogota on Thursday. Photograph: Carlos Ortega/EPA

The US treasury department has announced sanctions on Colombian president Gustavo Petro, one of Donald Trump’s harshest international critics.

“President Petro has allowed drug cartels to flourish and refused to stop this activity,” treasury secretary Scott Bessent wrote in a post on X. “Today President Trump is taking strong action to protect our nation.”

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