Washington slapped unprecedented sanctions on Colombia’s leftist president, his wife, son, and a top aide on Friday, accusing them of enabling drug cartels and rocking a decades-old alliance.
The US Treasury blacklisted Gustavo Petro, first lady Veronica Alcocer, his eldest son Nicolas, and Interior Minister Armando Benedetti, banning them from travel to the United States and freezing any US assets they hold.
It was an unusual move.
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