Washington/Bogot, Oct 25: The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, accusing him of failing to curb drug trafficking and allowing cartels to “flourish,” deepening an already tense diplomatic standoff between the Latin American nation’s first left-wing leader and US President Donald Trump.

In an official statement, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said it had designated Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego (Gustavo Petro) under Executive Order 14059, which targets foreign individuals involved in the global illicit drug trade. Several of Petro’s close associates – including his wife Veronica Alcocer, his son Nicolas Petro, and Interior Minister Armando Benedetti – were also sanctioned.

Treasury Secretary Scott

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