Colombian President Petro Claims Trump Admin Is 'Allied' With 'Narcos' As Clashes Over Military Campaign Mount

Colombian President Gustavo Petro again slammed the Trump administration over its military campaign in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, as well as the pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez.

Petro said in a social media publication on Sunday that "those dying as a result of missile strikes are poor fishermen, some of whom do short cocaine trips for narcos out of need," but those "who get parson are former presidents with strong ties with narco terrorism in Honduras and Colombia."

"The former, some, travel with kilos. The latter with hundreds of tons. The U.S. is getting its allies wrong. It can't be allied with narcos," Petro said.

He was making reference to Hernandez, who Trump defended after pardoning. Speaking to press aboard the Air Force One, Trump was asked why he would "pardon a notorious drug trafficker." "The people of Honduras really thought he was set up. He was the president of the country and they basically said he was a drug dealer because he was the president of the country. They said it was a Biden administration setup and I looked at the facts and I agreed with them," Trump claimed last week.

Asked about the facts he was referring to, he said: "You take any country you want. If someone sells drug in that country that doesn't mean you arrest the president and put him in jail for the rest of his life," he added.

A recent Axios report noted that Hernandez sent Trump a letter from prison in which he said he "found strength" in him as he sought the pardon. Your resilience to get back in that great office notwithstanding the persecution and prosecution you faced," he added.

Hernandez went on to say that his case "advanced only because the Biden-Harris DOJ pursued a political agenda to empower its ideological allies in Honduras" and that he didn't have efficient legal representation.

His efforts were also aided by longtime operator Roger Stone, who said Hernandez was a victim of leftist "lawfare" both in his country and in the U.S. Hernandez was released from the West Virginia prison he was staying in on last Tuesday.

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