Colombia’s ambassador to Washington denounced US President Donald Trump’s threats against his country and President Gustavo Petro as “unacceptable” on Wednesday, warning that a 200-year alliance was being put at risk.

Trump on Wednesday branded Petro a “thug,” suggested he was a drug trafficker and threatened “very serious action” against him and against Colombia.

The comments drew an immediate and angry response from Bogota.

“Under no circumstances can one justify that kind of threats and accusations that have no basis whatsoever,” Ambassador Daniel Garcia-Pena told AFP in an interview after being recalled to Bogota for consultations.

“There are elements that are unacceptable,” he said, visibly alarmed after being told what Trump had said from the Oval Office just minutes earlier.

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