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Petro Removes Police General Urrego After Alleging Plot to Sabotage Trump Meeting
President Petro accused a police general of a cocaine-planting plot to discredit him before his Feb. 3 meeting with Trump and fired the general within 24 hours.
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Colombia's Petro Claims Cocaine Was Planted in His Motorcade to Sabotage Trump Summit
Key Points Petro alleges a police general plotted to plant cocaine in his vehicle before his February 3 White House meeting with Trump The claims coincide with a helicopter assassination attempt and charges against his 2022 campaign manager Intelligence sources give conflicting accounts and no evidence has been made public — a pattern that has […]
The post was intended to derail the president’s meeting with Donald Trump, according to Colombian President Petro and Trump reducing tension between the U.S. and Colombia following an hour-long call: “If there is no dialogue, there is war.” Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, withdrew police general Edwin Masleider Urrego, whom he accused of attempting to put “psychoactive substances” in one of his official vehicles, with the supposed aim of sa…
What’s behind the meeting between Trump and Petro?
After a month of panic in the Colombian press, 3 February finally arrived and passed. The meeting between Petro and Trump has been considered a great success and a demonstration of the merits of diplomacy and moderation. During a ‘special visit’ to the White House, Petro and Trump had a meeting lasting one hour and forty minutes, during which Trump ended up flattering the Colombian president, saying he was a “very nice guy.”
Petro removes police general Urrego after alleging plot to sabotage Trump meeting
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has ordered the removal from active duty of Brigadier General Edwin Masleider Urrego Pedraza, who had been serving as police commander in Cali, after accusing him of involvement in an alleged attempt to sabotage Petro’s recent meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Colombian president reports that Edwin Urrego, Cali police commander, tried to plant drugs in a vehicle in his entourage
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