Colombia's New President Wants More U.S. Military Help Fighting Cartels

Abelardo de la Espriella campaigned on shooting down drug planes and boats in Colombia. Twenty-five years of U.S.-funded counternarcotics suggests it won't matter

War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that newly inaugurated Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has authorized joint military operations with the United States to target drug cartels in the country. Colombia, he said, became the 19th member of the recently established Americas Counter-Cartel Coalition, which m