US govt puts Colombian president, family on sanctions list
Oct 26, 2025
Washington [US], October 26: The US government has imposed sanctions against Colombia's President Gustavo Petro, whom it accuses of failing to take action against drug cartels.
The sanctions also affect his wife Veronica Alcocer, Petro's son Nicolas and the Colombian Interior Minister Armando Benedetti, the US Treasury Department announced on Friday. Their assets in the United States have been frozen or confiscated as a result.
"President Petro has allowed drug cartels to flourish and refused to stop this activity. Today, [US] President [Donald] Trump is taking strong action to protect our nation and make clear that we will not tolerate the trafficking of drugs into our nation," said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in a press release.
"He also has allied himself with the narco-terrorist regime of [Venezeulan President] Nicolas Maduro Moros and the Cartel de Los Soles," a criminal organization - also known as Cartel of the Suns - allegedly made up of high-ranking Venezuelan officials. (DPA)
Source: Qatar Tribune
