New Colombian president authorized joint military operations with US targeting cartels: Hegseth

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

Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella asked the US Government for joint military operations “to destroy terrorists and terror networks,” said US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Wednesday. At an event of the so-called Americas Counter Cartel Coalition (ACCC) in Panama, Hegseth said that “Colombia will join the

Colombia’s new conservative government is partnering with the US to fight drug gangs in its territory, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.