Overview
- An Associated Press–seen record shows the DEA has labeled Petro a priority target.
- The New York Times reports at least two U.S. attorney’s offices in New York, Manhattan and Brooklyn, have opened criminal inquiries.
- Investigators are examining alleged meetings with drug traffickers and whether his presidential campaign sought donations from them.
- Petro says he has never spoken with a trafficker and that his campaigns refused money from bankers or narcotraffickers.
- A Manhattan U.S. attorney’s spokesperson declined to comment, the Colombian presidency and Brooklyn office had not responded, and the inquiries are described as early stage.