Colombian Leader Survives Claimed Assassination Attempt
During a live-streamed cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Petro described how he and his daughters were unable to land his helicopter at a location in Colombia’s Cordoba department due to fears that unidentified individuals “were going to shoot.” “I’m trying to escape being killed. That’s why I couldn’t arrive on time last night, because I couldn’t land where I had said. This morning, I couldn’t land where I was supposed to either, because there was information that the helicopter was going to be shot at,” he said.
Petro claimed that a drug trafficking organization has targeted him since he assumed office in August 2022 and noted that this was not the first alleged attempt on his life, citing a previous incident in 2024. Local reports indicate that the Gulf Clan, Colombia’s largest cartel operating in Cordoba, recently suspended peace talks with the government after Petro coordinated with US President Donald Trump on efforts to capture cartel leader Hobanis de Jesus Avila Villadiego.
Petro’s meeting with Trump earlier this month came amid escalating tensions, with Trump criticizing Colombia’s actions against drug trafficking and previously referring to the president as an “illegal narco-leader.” Petro rejected these claims, also denouncing US operations in the Caribbean and Venezuela, which he said destabilize the region.
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