Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro under investigation in US for drug ties
Al Jazeera
Faced with reports that two US prosecutors have opened probes, the left-wing leader denies links to drug traffickers.
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has been named in two separate criminal investigations led by prosecutors in the United States.
The New York Times was the first to report the existence of the two probes on Friday, citing sources familiar with the proceedings.
Media reports indicate that Petro is not personally the target of the investigations, which focus on drug-smuggling in Latin America.
But according to the Times, US attorneys in Brooklyn and Manhattan are looking into whether Petro met with drug traffickers and solicited donations from them for his 2022 presidential campaign. Al Jazeera has not independently verified the Times report.
By Friday afternoon, Petro had issued a statement denying the claims, which threaten to reopen the rift between the US and Colombia.
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