Sept. 16 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Monday night added U.S. ally Colombia to a list of countries failing to live up to their counter-narcotic obligations.
The presidential determination states that the South American nation has "failed demonstrably" during the last 12 months to adhere to its international counter-narcotics agreements, as Trump blames the administration of leftist President Gustavo Petro amid fraying relations between their two governments.
The president annually under law must present Congress a list of countries that are major illicit drug producers and drug transit nations by Sept. 15, with those determined to not be cooperating with U.S. counter-narcotic efforts to be cut off from U.S. foreign assistance.
Colombia has for decades been listed as a major drug transit or major illicit drug producing country but Monday marked the first time since the Clinton administration that the South American nation was judged not to be cooperating fully with the United States.
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