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Colombia's Petro says drug traffickers want to kill him with missiles

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro stated that drug traffickers have acquired two missiles to target his plane due to his anti-drug efforts.
Petro mentioned, "You know that they want to shoot a missile at my plane, which the drug traffickers bought and have stored. Not one, but two missiles."
In 2024, Colombia's security forces seized a record amount of cocaine, totaling 883.8 metric tons, as reported by the Ministry of Defense.
Cocaine production and trafficking in Colombia are linked to a long-standing armed conflict that has resulted in over 450,000 deaths.

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terradaily.com

Colombian president alleges plot to down his plane with missiles

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro claimed Monday to have been the target of a plot to down his plane with missiles by "big mafias" irate at his government's attempts to hunt them down."They want to shoot a missile at my plane... not one, but two missiles. We know who they are," the South American c...

2 days ago·United States

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Digi 24

Colombian President Denounces Plot to Assassinate Him: "We Know Who They Are. We Must Act"

Colombian President Gustavo Petro denounced on Tuesday an alleged plot to assassinate him in revenge for his fight against the country's "mafias", AFP notes, as reported by Agerpres.

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telesurtv.net

President Petro denounces threats of missile attack on the presidential plane

According to Petro, this is a missile that the drug traffickers bought and that they have stored out there. Not one, but two missiles.” Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, denounced this Tuesday during an act at the Escuela de Cadetes General Francisco de Paula Santander, in Bogotá, who intend to attack his plane by using missiles bought by drug trafficking mafias. READ ALSO: It increases humanitarian crisis in Colombia with almost 85,000 displ…

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El Financiero

‘They want to shoot a missile at my plane’: Gustavo Petro accuses ‘narcos’ of planning to assassinate him

The Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, denounced this Tuesday that “traffickers” bought two missiles to attack his plane because of the work his government is doing against “the big mafias” in the country. “They want to shoot a missile at me, at my plane. (It’s a missile) that the drug traffickers bought and that they have stored around. Not one but two missiles. We know who they are but we have to act,” Petro said during the transmission of th…

3 days ago·Mexico

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Reuters

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Colombia's Petro says drug traffickers want to kill him with missiles

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday said drug traffickers have acquired two missiles which they plan to fire at his plane, in order to kill him, citing the success of his efforts to tackle the drug trade.

3 days ago·United Kingdom

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El Pais

Petro alerts a plan to assassinate him: “They want to shoot a missile at my plane”

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, has assured this Tuesday that there is a plan by drug traffickers—without specifying which ones—to kill him in a missile attack on his plane. “They want to shoot a missile at my plane, which the drug traffickers bought and which they have stored around. Not one, but two missiles. They want to knock me down quickly because they know that we are behind the big mafias in Colombia,” he said in his speech of …

3 days ago·Spain

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