Colombia halts US arms purchases as row over drug fight delisting escalates | Drugs News

President Gustavo Petro defends drug war policy and insists he will not be a ‘puppet president’ of Washington.

Colombia has halted arms purchases from the United States, its biggest military partner, over Washington’s claim that the South American country is failing to halt cocaine trafficking.

Colombian Interior Minister Armando Benedetti announced the move on Tuesday, as President Gustavo Petro accused the US of seeking to “participate” in the country’s domestic politics and…