The US marks the country of Colombia “fails to cooperate in the war with drugs”

The United States has officially identified Colombia as a country that “demonstratively” failed to defend its duties to control drug trafficking but stopped reducing the flow of US help for Colombia.

Each year, the US government officially satisfies whether several countries are fully cooperating with US -led Counnarcotic Efforts and those that are found to want to reduce their US funding.

On Monday, the Trump administration said the production of cocaine in Colombia was heading for high records of all time under its left -wing President Gustavo Petro, which the Colombian leader rejected.

In response, the Colombian government said it would stop buying a weapon from the United States.

Interior Minister Armando Benedetti told local radio that his government would stop buying a US weapon “from that moment on.”

Other countries that the United States said failed to achieve their goals were Afghanistan, Bolivia, Myanmar and Venezuela.

Colombia has been added to the list for the first time since 1997.

The relocation will probably further strengthen the relationship between its left government and the Trump administration.

President Petro went to social media to respond to the US’s claim that during his service, the coca -planted area and cocaine production reached record levels.

Coca leaves are the key ingredient in cocaine, and Colombia has long been the best producer of the illegal medicine.

A survey of the United Nations and Crime Nations (UNDOC) service has found that Cosch Bush’s cultivation increased by 10% in 2023. The numbers for 2024 should be released next month.

But Petro insisted that this was during the Government of Ivan Duke, his predecessor of a position, which managed from 2018 until 2022, that the area planted with Coca sees great increases.

According to figures published by the Colombian Presidency, a record of 1.764 tonnes of cocaine from the government’s security forces between August 2022 were seized, when Petro came to the post and November 2024 the drugs continued at a high level in 2025, official bodies suggest.

Petro also said that in order to reduce the cultivation of coca, what is needed is the demand for cocaine to decrease in the US and in Europe.

On the other hand, the United States has firmly put the blame on Petro’s door, saying that the president’s peace talks with several armed groups – many of which are funded through drug trafficking – prevent drug fighting.

“His unsuccessful attempts to seek accommodation with Nako terrorist groups only exacerbates the crisis.” The presidential determination submitted to the US Congress, saidS

The document continues to praise the “skill and courage” of Colombia’s security forces in faced criminal groups.

He then concluded that “Colombia’s failure to fulfill its drug control obligations in the last year is solely from its political leadership.”

However, it leaves the door open to certify Colombia if its government “takes more aggressive action to eliminate coca and reduce cocaine and traffic production.”

And while the rhetoric coming out of Washington apparently angered President Petro, his government will also be relieved that dessert did not lead to a reduction in the flow of US aid, says BBC News Mundo correspondent in Bogota, Jose Carlos Bound.

Colombia’s dessert comes at a time when President Trump has struggled against the “drug-terrorists” as a priority.

On Monday he announced The US military had destroyed a suspected Venezuelan Drug Court In international waters in the South Caribbean.

Three people were killed in the strike, Trump said.

He added that the United States has recorded proof that boats belong to Narco-terrorist groups, but has not yet published this evidence.

With additional reporting from the Latin America specialist of BBC, Luis Fhardo