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Trump and Petro Signal Drug-Trafficking Cooperation After Private White House Meeting

Their first in-person encounter signaled a thaw focused on renewed counter-narcotics cooperation.

Overview

  • The two leaders held a roughly two-hour, closed-door session and later praised the talks, with Trump calling the meeting excellent and saying he found Petro wonderful.
  • Colombia transferred the trafficker known as Pipe Tuluá to U.S. custody shortly before the visit, which Bogotá cast as a goodwill step.
  • Petro asked for U.S. help to target drug financiers abroad and said he provided names of main actors believed to be in Dubai, Miami and Madrid.
  • Trump said Washington and Bogotá would work together against narcotics flows and explore ending U.S. sanctions on Colombia, though no concrete agreements were released.
  • The off-camera meeting featured conciliatory optics, including photos and gifts, after months of public insults, as record coca cultivation reported by the UN underscores the urgency.