Laundry dries on a clothesline in the middle of a coca field on a hillside of the Micay Canyon, Colombia, on Aug. 13, 2024. Fernando Vergara, AP
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sept. 15 added Colombia to a list of countries he says are not cooperating in the effort to tackle drugs, the first time since 1997 that the South American country has been included.
In a presidential determination, which will be sent to Congress, Trump said, “In Colombia, coca cultivation and cocaine production have surged to all-time records under President Gustavo Petro, and his failed attempts to seek accommodations with narco-terrorist groups only exacerbated the crisis.”
