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For first time in a long time, U.S. says Colombia is falling quick in drug conflict
The Tycoon Herald > World > For first time in a long time, U.S. says Colombia is falling quick in drug conflict
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For first time in a long time, U.S. says Colombia is falling quick in drug conflict

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By Tycoon Herald 6 Min Read Published September 16, 2025
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Police rappel from a helicopter to destroy a cocaine processing lab in Puerto Concordia in Colombia’s southern Meta state.

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BOGOTÁ, Colombia — The USA has decertified Colombia as a drug management accomplice for the primary time since 1997. In a memorandum to Congress, President Donald Trump accused Bogotá of “failing demonstrably to meet its drug control obligations.”

Regardless of the rebuke, the White Home stopped in need of imposing sanctions, granting Colombia a “national interest waiver” that preserves U.S. assist and safety cooperation.

The transfer ends months of tension in Colombia — the place hovering cocaine manufacturing has stoked fears of sweeping U.S. sanctions — however nonetheless offers a symbolic blow to a rustic that has traditionally been one among Washington’s closest allies within the area.

“What this does is send a message to Colombia about Washington’s dissatisfaction with current coca crop policy and the tensions between Washington and Bogotá,” stated Elizabeth Dickinson, a senior Colombia analyst on the Worldwide Disaster Group.

Colombia, the world’s largest cocaine producer, is behind a record-breaking 12 months for the worldwide cocaine market, in response to the United Nations Workplace on Medication and Crime’s (UNODC) most up-to-date annual report, printed in June.

It discovered that from 2022 to 2023 – the latest 12 months with accessible knowledge – Colombia’s estimated cocaine yield rose by 50%.

Trump used the decertification announcement to personally criticize Colombian President Gustavo Petro, a former leftist insurgent who has been at odds with the White Home since a spat over deportation flights in January.

Petro has tried to stem drug trafficking by crop substitution packages and negotiations with prison organizations which have loved little success.

Petro has tried to stem drug trafficking by crop substitution packages and negotiations with prison organizations which have loved little success.

“Under the erratic and ineffectual leadership of President Gustavo Petro, coca cultivation and cocaine production and trafficking by narco-terrorist organizations in Colombia has surged to unprecedented levels,” wrote Trump.

Petro fired again, accusing the White Home of mendacity and pointing as an alternative to demand within the U.S. and Europe. “To reduce coca leaf cultivation, what is needed is not glyphosate sprayed from planes, but a reduction in demand,” he wrote on X.

Trump additionally criticized Petro’s flagship coverage of negotiating peace offers with the nation’s multifarious armed teams, which he stated “took advantage of his naiveté and ideological sympathies.”

Peace negotiations have broadly collapsed in Colombia, resulting in an escalation within the battle between the state and prison teams which has produced a surge in violent assaults prior to now few months.

In latest weeks, Colombian politicians and safety officers have visited Washington to foyer prime Republicans to not reduce army assist to the nation, warning such a transfer might deal a deadly blow to the nation’s ongoing offensive in opposition to armed teams.

“The message that the Colombian government and particularly the security forces have been trying to convey has reached an audience in Washington,” stated Disaster Group’s Dickinson, including “there is a security interest of the United States to maintain cooperation.”

In his memorandum to Congress, Trump praised Colombia’s police and army, recognizing their historic cooperation with U.S. safety forces and sacrifices made to counter-narcotics efforts.

He additionally described Colombia as “the closest U.S. ally in the Western Hemisphere against drug cartels and terrorist organizations.”

However Colombia’s safety forces should view decertification as a betrayal, in response to Dickinson, particularly given elevated risks going through police and troopers amid Colombia’s deteriorating safety state of affairs.

For over 25 years, Washington has been Bogota’s most vital ally, offering $14.2 billion in assist since 2000, 64% of which went to Colombia’s army and police, in response to the Washington Workplace on Latin America (WOLA) a human rights and advocacy group.

Colombia’s decertification might also harm Washington’s pursuits within the broader area.

“Waiving the sanctions may have been meant to reduce the sting for Colombians, but the decertification will still raise questions about U.S. reliability as a partner, even for its closest allies in the region,” stated John Walsh, Director for Drug Coverage and the Andes at WOLA.

Along with Colombia, the White Home additionally decertified Afghanistan, Burma, Bolivia and Venezuela. Earlier on Monday, Trump introduced the second deadly strike this month on an alleged drug vessel outdoors Venezuelan waters, signalling an more and more militant method to counter-narcotics operations within the area.

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