Overview

• The Foreign Ministry said Ambassador Daniel García-Peña was called home for consultations with President Gustavo Petro and is already in Bogotá.
• Colombia’s government stated it will announce additional decisions within hours following the diplomatic recall.
• President Trump on Oct. 18 said U.S. forces destroyed a large drug submarine headed toward the United States.
• On Oct. 19, Trump accused Petro of encouraging drug production, halted U.S. financial support, and warned of possible force if Colombia does not act.
• Petro condemned a U.S. strike on a boat inside Colombian waters as a violation of sovereignty and said a fisherman with no ties to narcotrafficking was killed.