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PETRO BLASTS U.S. MILITARY DRUG-BOAT STRIKES, REBRANDS COURIERS AS ‘TRAFFICKING WORKERS’ IN BORDER DRUG CRACKDOWN

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro defended his drug policy and criticized U.S. maritime strikes on suspected narcotics boats, alleging extrajudicial killings, while suggesting boat couriers be called “drug trafficking workers.” The remarks come amid UNODC data showing record coca cultivation and heightened U.S. counternarcotics operations in Caribbean waters. Petro escalated rhetoric against President Trump as Washington threatens aid cuts and intensifies interdictions tied to stemming drug flows to the U.S. border.

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