Colombia suspended intelligence collaboration with the United States

Published at: 11/11/2025 10:27 PM

The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, ordered “all levels of law enforcement intelligence to suspend communications and other dealings with U.S. security agencies” until missile attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea stop.

In a message posted on his official X account, he explained that “the fight against drugs must be subordinated to the human rights of the Caribbean people.”

This measure responds to operations carried out by the United States involving missile attacks on vessels in the Caribbean region, considered by Bogotá to be violations of sovereignty and international law, the Russian Today website reported.

Colombia's decision comes after the United Kingdom also suspended part of the exchange of intelligence with the United States on the alleged 'narcolanches' that cross the Caribbean because it considers that their attacks are illegal and does not want to be complicit, CNN revealed this Tuesday, November 11.

Sources familiar with the matter pointed out that British officials believe that US kinetic attacks. violate international law. For this reason, for more than a month they stopped providing intelligence about the Caribbean area, where London maintains intelligence bases.

On the other hand, Petro's announcement is part of a crisis in bilateral relations with the Donald Trump administration. This Monday, the 10th, the president called his ambassador to the United States for consultation, after the magazine Cambio revealed an alleged photo that portrays him “as if he were a prisoner”.

Since last August, the United States has deployed warships, a submarine, warplanes and troops off the coast of Venezuela, with the declared claim to combat drug trafficking. Since then, it has carried out several bombings against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, which have left dozens dead.

At the same time, Washington accused Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, without evidence or support, of leading an alleged drug trafficking cartel. In this context, the U.S. Attorney General, Pam Bondi, doubled the reward for information leading to her arrest.

Mazo News Team