US Plans $1 Billion in Security Aid for Colombia’s New Government
The package will support intelligence sharing, extraditions and coca eradication as Washington seeks to deepen counternarcotics cooperation.
- The United States State Department announced a $1 billion security package for Colombia, coinciding with President Abelardo De La Espriella's inauguration in Cali.
- The State Department simultaneously welcomed Colombia into the "Shield of the Americas," a Trump-created military alliance of right-wing leaders pledging to fight drug trafficking.
- Working with Congress, the administration intends to announce $1 billion in assistance as part of a security package to support President De La Espriella's Administration in achieving shared goals.
- The transition follows a public feud between President Donald Trump and former President Gustavo Petro, as Trump had endorsed Espriella during the elections while criticizing Petro's policies.
- Petro previously accused Trump of being "complicit in genocide" over Israel's assault on Gaza and called for "criminal proceedings" over American attacks on boats in Caribbean waters.
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Colombia has approved joint military operations against drug traffickers with the United States, according to US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth formalized Colombia's accession to the so-called Anti-Cartel Coalition of the Americas (ACCC) by ensuring that the new U.S. government authorized joint military operations against drug cartels. Modeling the controversial joint bombings between the U.S. and Ecuador on Ecuadorian territory against alleged drug-trafficking targets, Hegseth assured during a visit to Panama that Colombia joined ACCC with a total of…
Colombia authorized the United States to carry out joint military operations in "their fight" against drug trafficking, announced Wednesday in Panama the secretary of...
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that the Abelardo de la Espriella government has authorized Washington to conduct joint military operations on Colombian soil “to combat terrorism.” In turn, the U.S. senior official has reiterated that Colombia will join the Shield of the Americas, the coalition founded by Donald Trump, which already integrates about twenty countries to confront drug trafficking networks in the region. …
Bogota "asked the Pentagon to join Colombia in its fight against narcoterrorism," said US Defense Minister Pete Hegseth.
Cooperation is announced following the decision of the new Colombian president, Abelardo de la Espriella, to join an anti-drug coalition.
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