The leader of Latin America’s top cocaine-exporting nation issued thinly veiled threats against President Donald Trump.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro threatened Trump on Sunday in response to the White House’s escalating campaign against cartel networks across the region.
Petro is a far-left former member of the M-19 Marxist militant group.
He aimed hostile rhetoric at both President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a speech.
During the speech, he warned the United States against continuing its aggressive anti-cartel operations.
The Trump administration has reportedly weighed targeted strikes against cartel assets in Mexico and Venezuela following repeated interdictions at sea.
“Beware,” Petro said, according to a translation.
“There are people in the Caribbean who have always been used to hurricanes and can unleash themselves like one…
“Like the legend goes, ‘if the golden eagle attacks the condor, the American people’s jaguar awakens.’
“Don’t awaken the jaguar.
“We can still talk,” he claimed.
“South America can save the U.S. by cleaning up its energy grid.”
The comments mark Petro’s latest escalation against Trump.
It comes even as Colombia remains the world’s largest exporter of cocaine and home to an extensive criminal underworld.
United Nations statistics show Colombia exported a record 2,664 metric tons of cocaine in 2023, far outpacing other nations.
Petro has repeatedly taken aim at the Trump administration’s anti-cartel posture.
In October, following the bombing of a suspected drug-running vessel, he declared it was time to “get rid” of President Trump.
Trump has characterized Petro as an “illegal drug leader.”
He described Colombia’s cocaine-producing regions as “killing fields.”
Petro has also claimed cocaine is outlawed in part because it originates in Latin America, arguing the powerful narcotic is “no worse than whiskey.”
His remarks come as Trump intensifies pressure on governments that enable cartel activity through permissive policies or political protection.
The administration has expanded maritime interceptions, dismantled trafficking infrastructure, and signaled it may take direct action against high-value cartel targets operating with impunity across several Latin American jurisdictions.
Petro’s warning, framed as a mythic response to an “attack on the condor,” underscores growing tensions between the Trump White House and one of the hemisphere’s most unstable leftist governments.
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