Overview
- Gustavo Petro said his Washington meeting with President Donald Trump reestablished a direct and frank channel after a year of public tensions.
- Petro delivered intelligence sheets naming top traffickers he says live outside Colombia, citing Dubai, Madrid and Miami, and urged joint U.S.–Colombia efforts to seize assets and make arrests abroad.
- He disputed UN drug agency coca estimates, asserted cultivation has fallen, and called for objective, scientific mechanisms to verify trends.
- Petro proposed coordinated security operations with Venezuela along the border and outlined an inter-American clean‑energy plan, with technical teams to begin follow‑up work.
- He remains on the U.S. OFAC blacklist but traveled on a special permit, and his defense minister denied claims that recent ELN bombings were ordered under U.S. pressure.