Colombian President Says He Will Take Up Arms If US Military Attacks

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(Left) President Donald Trump in the White House on Jan. 20, 2025. (Right) Colombian President Gustavo Petro in Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 19, 2024. Jim Watson, Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty ImagesColombian President Gustavo Petro said Monday he will “take up arms again” if attacked, in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning that drug traffickers in Colombia could be the next target for the U.S. military.After hours of silence, Petro accused U.S. Secretary Marco Rubio in an early morning post on X of believing “false information against the state” from several intelligence colonels in the Colombian police, whom he said he has since fired.

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