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Colombia has recalled its ambassador to the United States amid tensions between the two nations and comments by President Donald Trump about the South American country’s leader.
Colombian Foreign Minister Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio PAPY announced Mov Montal.
“The Ambassador of Colombia to the United States, Daniel García-Peña, was recalled in Bogotá in consultation with President Gustavo Petro urrego,” wrote XY on X.
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro urrego speaks at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at the UN Palace (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
The decision came a day after Petro was criticized, calling him “an illegal drug leader who strongly promotes large-scale drug production, in large and small fields, throughout Colombia.”
“It has become a big business in Colombia, there, and Peterro is not doing anything to stop it, despite the huge payments and payments from the USA that are not more than RIP-off of America,” wrote the social fact. “As of today, these payments, or any other form of payment or funding, can no longer be made in Colombia.”
Trump continues:
“The purpose of this drug production is the sale of large quantities of the product in the United States, causing death, destruction and the unpleasantness of these new fields, or the United States will close it well – and it will not be done well.”
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Side by side photo of President Donald Trump and Colombian President Petro. The Colombian leader recalled his country’s ambassador to the United States amid tensions between the two nations. (Kevin DiedSch / Thierry Monasse / Gentma Images)
On Sunday, Petro condemned the US military strike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel that killed three people. He said the boat belonged to a humble family, “not to the remnants of the freedom struggle for freedom.”
“Mr. Trump, Colombia has never been a food for the United States … but you are ashamed and you are not a nut in Colombia,” said Petro.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said the US strike on a drug boat was actually carrying a fisherman. (War Department: Sebastian Barros / Nurphoto via Getty Images)
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Petro has been pressured again and again by trump. He rejected Trump’s accusations and defended his anti-narcotics efforts in Colombia, a major cocaine producer.
Petro wrote: “Trying to promote peace in Colombia is not a drug trafficker,” Petrow said. He suggested that Trump was being manipulated by his advisers, described himself as the “great enemy” of drugs in his country and said that Trump “had no experience in Colombia.”
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