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EL PASO, Texas ( Border Report ) – The president of Colombia is defending his decision to stop sharing drug intelligence with the United States.

In a Wednesday post on X, Gustavo Petro responded to critics in his country, accusing him of not consulting with Colombian armed forces leaders before taking punitive action against the U.S. for bombing drug boats off his country’s coast.

“The supreme commander of the military forces of Colombia is the president,” Petro wrote.

On Tuesday, members of the Colombian military told AFP they had seen Petro’s announcement on social media but had not been notified through official channels

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