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Colombian President rejects comments tied Trump
(MENAFN) Colombia’s president on Monday pushed back strongly against criticism attributed to the US administration, dismissing accusations from senior American officials and reaffirming his constitutional authority as well as his government’s approach to combating narcotics trafficking. He also cautioned against any form of external interference in Colombia’s internal affairs.
Responding to claims that suggested divisions between Colombia’s president and state institutions, he said: “As for Mr. Rubio, who separates authorities from the president and claims that the president does not want to cooperate while the authorities do, I ask that he read the Constitution of Colombia, because his information is completely erroneous,” according to a post shared on a social media platform.
His comments followed a US military operation carried out before dawn in Venezuela over the weekend, during which the Venezuelan president and first lady were detained and later transferred to New York.
The Colombian leader argued that narratives portraying his government as uncooperative are being promoted by domestic political actors with links to organized crime, with the aim of undermining relations between Bogotá and Washington. “They want a rupture in relations between the United States and Colombia so that cocaine trafficking explodes worldwide,” he said.
He further revealed that he had ordered the dismissal of several senior police intelligence officers accused of supplying misleading information against the state, warning against dependence on what he described as “fallacies.”
Emphasizing his role under national law, the president underscored that Colombia’s constitution designates the head of state as commander-in-chief of both the armed forces and the police. He recalled that the current constitutional framework was adopted in 1991, following the disarmament of the M-19 movement and the establishment of a democratically elected constituent assembly.
Turning to security policy, he outlined what he described as major achievements in the fight against narcotics, including what he called the largest cocaine seizure ever recorded, an end to the expansion of coca cultivation, and the rollout of a voluntary crop substitution initiative covering 30,000 hectares, which he identified as a central priority personally overseen by the presidency.
He also stated that government forces had regained control of Plateado in the Cauca department — an area he referred to as “the Wall Street of cocaine” — and carried out military operations in line with international humanitarian law. These actions, he said, led to the arrest and killing of senior figures within armed groups connected to drug trafficking.
Responding to claims that suggested divisions between Colombia’s president and state institutions, he said: “As for Mr. Rubio, who separates authorities from the president and claims that the president does not want to cooperate while the authorities do, I ask that he read the Constitution of Colombia, because his information is completely erroneous,” according to a post shared on a social media platform.
His comments followed a US military operation carried out before dawn in Venezuela over the weekend, during which the Venezuelan president and first lady were detained and later transferred to New York.
The Colombian leader argued that narratives portraying his government as uncooperative are being promoted by domestic political actors with links to organized crime, with the aim of undermining relations between Bogotá and Washington. “They want a rupture in relations between the United States and Colombia so that cocaine trafficking explodes worldwide,” he said.
He further revealed that he had ordered the dismissal of several senior police intelligence officers accused of supplying misleading information against the state, warning against dependence on what he described as “fallacies.”
Emphasizing his role under national law, the president underscored that Colombia’s constitution designates the head of state as commander-in-chief of both the armed forces and the police. He recalled that the current constitutional framework was adopted in 1991, following the disarmament of the M-19 movement and the establishment of a democratically elected constituent assembly.
Turning to security policy, he outlined what he described as major achievements in the fight against narcotics, including what he called the largest cocaine seizure ever recorded, an end to the expansion of coca cultivation, and the rollout of a voluntary crop substitution initiative covering 30,000 hectares, which he identified as a central priority personally overseen by the presidency.
He also stated that government forces had regained control of Plateado in the Cauca department — an area he referred to as “the Wall Street of cocaine” — and carried out military operations in line with international humanitarian law. These actions, he said, led to the arrest and killing of senior figures within armed groups connected to drug trafficking.
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