President Donald Trump called Colombian President Gustavo Petro an "illegal drug leader" on Sunday and said payments to the South American nation would cease, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said U.S. forces had attacked a vessel associated with a Colombian rebel group.

Trump's comments marked a new low in relations between Bogota and Washington, which have frayed since Trump returned to office in January and since his administration launched a series of strikes on vessels allegedly transporting drugs in the Caribbean.

The U.S. president said on social media that the United States would stop large-scale payments and subsidies to Colombia and Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a close ally, said Trump will soon announce "major tariffs" on the country.

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