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Colombia has recalled its ambassador to the United States amid rising tensions between the two nations and comments by President Donald Trump about the South American country’s leader.
Colombian Foreign Minister Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio Mapy announced the move Monday.
“The ambassador of Colombia to the United States, Daniel García-Peña, has been recalled to Bogotá for consultations by President Gustavo Petro Urrego,” Mapy wrote on X.
TRUMP DOUBLES DOWN ON COLOMBIA CRACKDOWN, CALLS PETRO ‘LUNATIC,’ VOWS TO END ALL US PAYMENTS OVER DRUGS
President of Colombia Gustavo Petro Urrego addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at U.N. headquarters (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
The decision came a day after Trump criticized Petro, calling him “an illegal drug leader strongly encouraging the massive production of drugs, in big and small fields, all over Colombia.”
“It has become the biggest business in Colombia, by far, and Petro does nothing to stop it, despite large-scale payments and subsidies from the USA that are nothing more than a long-term rip-off of America,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “As of today, these payments, or any other form of payment or subsidies, will no longer be made to Colombia.”
Trump continued:
“The purpose of this drug production is the sale of massive amounts of product into the United States, causing death, destruction and havoc. Petro, a low-rated and very unpopular leader with a fresh mouth toward America, better close up these killing fields immediately, or the United States will close them up for him — and it won’t be done nicely.”
TRUMP CALLS COLOMBIA’S PETRO ‘A DRUG LEADER,’ SAYS US AID WILL END PAYMENTS
A side-by-side photo of President Donald Trump and Colombian President Petro. The Colombian leader has recalled his country’s ambassador to the United States amid tensions between both nations. (Kevin Dietsch/Thierry Monasse/Getty…
