US EditionColombia president orders suspension of intelligence sharing with US
- On Nov. 12, Petro ordered Colombian security forces to suspend intelligence sharing with U.S. agencies, citing ongoing missile attacks on boats in the Caribbean, Petro said.
- U.S. attacks on suspected drug boats involve at least 20 vessels since early September, killing at least 76, while President Donald Trump defended the strikes as necessary to stop drugs.
- Joint intelligence fusion previously gave Colombia access to U.S. satellites and patrol aircraft, but without it Colombian patrols operate less precisely and analysts warn traffickers will exploit gaps.
- Petro recalled Colombia's ambassador to Washington after a White House photo from Oct. 21 showed a folder with images of Petro in a prison jumpsuit, and U.S. Treasury blacklisting has worsened ties.
- The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group has moved into Latin America, the United Kingdom halted some intelligence sharing, and Venezuela defence ministry announced a nationwide military deployment.
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In the course of the US attacks on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean, Colombia's President Petro announces that he will no longer share information with the security authorities in Washington. But now the government is rowing back in Bogota. There has been a "misinterpretation," it says.
Colombia stated on Thursday that it continued its intelligence cooperation with the United States, a volte-face after the announcement of a suspension two days earlier that had provoked controversy.
The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, ordered that his government stop sharing intelligence and security information with the United States.As announced on Tuesday, November 11, the measure will continue until President Donald Trump's administration stops the attacks that U.S. forces have carried out over the past months in Caribbean and Pacific waters, against boats to which he has accused of being linked to drug trafficking. Petro has desc…
Colombia Joins Britain In Suspending Intel-Sharing With US
Colombia Joins Britain In Suspending Intel-Sharing With US Following the UK announcement it would not cooperate with the US military's 'illegal' actions targeting alleged drug boats off Venezuela, Colombian President Gustavo Petro is the latest to announced the suspension of intelligence sharing with the United States. This development is less of a surprise, however, given Colombia's relations with Washington have been severely strained since ne…
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