Colombian President Gustavo Petro has ordered his security forces to cease all cooperation with the United States until it stops attacks on suspected drug running boats in which scores of people have been killed.

Newsweek contacted the White House for comment via email.

Why It Matters

President Donald Trump has framed U.S. strikes in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific since early September as a national security imperative to protect the American public from the scourge of narcotics.

Critics of the U.S. campaign say it amounts to extrajudicial killing and that its main objective is the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. U.S. officials accuse Maduro of aiding narcotics networks while Caracas has accused Washington of seeking regime change.

Petro said this month "a new

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