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Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Monday he would “take up arms”<\/a> against the U.S. if it attacks his country, following U.S. military action in Venezuela and the capture and arrest of President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n

Petro, a former member of the leftist M-19 guerrilla movement that demobilized in the early 1990s, made the remarks in a post on X<\/a> after President Trump suggested Colombia could be the next target in his administration\u2019s war on drugs.<\/p>\n

“Although I have not been a military man, I know about war and clandestinity,” Petro wrote in a post translated to English from Spanish. “I swore not to touch a weapon again since the 1989 Peace Pact, but for the Homeland I will take up arms again that I do not want.”<\/p>\n

Petro also rejected Trump\u2019s accusations that he is linked to drugs trafficking.<\/a><\/p>\n

TRUMP CASTS MADURO\u2019S OUSTER AS \u2018SMART\u2019 MOVE AS RUSSIA, CHINA ENTER THE FRAY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“I am not illegitimate, nor am I a narco,” he wrote. “I only have as assets my family home that I still pay for with my salary. My bank statements have been published. No one could say that I have spent more than my salary. I am not greedy.”<\/p>\n

Petro’s comments came after Trump spoke to reporters<\/a> aboard Air Force One on Sunday.<\/p>\n

He warned that Colombia is “very sick too” and is “run by a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States, and he\u2019s not going to be doing it very long.”<\/p>\n

UN AMBASSADOR WALTZ DEFENDS US CAPTURE OF MADURO AHEAD OF SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Trump also claimed Petro<\/a> has “cocaine mills and cocaine factories.”<\/p>\n

When asked directly whether the U.S. would carry out an operation in Colombia, Trump replied, “It sounds good to me,” before pivoting to once again express interest in annexing Greenland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s threats echoed remarks he made in December, as previously reported by Fox News Digital<\/a>, when he warned Petro that he “better wise up” or risk being targeted next.<\/p>\n

US DESIGNATES COLOMBIA’S CLAN DEL GOLFO AS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, CITING NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Trump has labeled Petro an “illegal drug dealer” in the past and later doubled down, calling the Colombian president a “lunatic.”<\/p>\n

Petro has been one of Trump\u2019s fiercest critics in the region, condemning U.S. strikes on what he described as suspected drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean<\/a>. Petro previously claimed many of those killed in the strikes were “poor fishermen” forced into the drug trade out of necessity.<\/p>\n

In November, he called Trump a “barbarian”<\/a> and briefly halted intelligence sharing with Washington.<\/p>\n

ERIC ADAMS TORCHES HARRIS, DEMS FOR BLASTING MADURO ARREST AS MAMDANI FUMES \u2018ACT OF WAR\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Colombia\u2019s narcotics trade is largely controlled by illegal armed groups, including the Gulf Clan, the ELN and dissident FARC factions.<\/p>\n

Petro warned that U.S. bombing<\/a> would radicalize rural communities, saying campesinos would become “thousands of guerrillas in the mountains.”<\/p>\n

As previously reported by Fox News Digital, the Trump administration revoked the Colombian president\u2019s<\/a> visa over alleged “reckless and incendiary actions.”<\/p>\n

“Earlier today, Colombian president @petrogustavo stood on a NYC street and urged U.S. soldiers to disobey orders and incite violence,” read a post on the U.S. State Department‘s<\/u><\/a> X account at the time. “We will revoke Petro\u2019s visa due to his reckless and incendiary actions.”<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/colombian-president-petro-threatens-military-response-after-trump-warns-colombia-may-next-target <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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