Anti-drug efforts at risk

Colombian soldiers patrolling the jungle while searching for cocaine labs and (below) destroying a cocaine lab in the jungle. Trump is threatening to cut off aid to Colombia, jeopardising the long-time anti-drug cooperation and other security arrangements, including what analysts say is a covert CIA presence in the country. — Federico Rios/The New York Times

OVER the decades, the US government has sent billions of dollars in aid to Colombia to help the country stamp out its cocaine industry, which feeds America’s demand.

The US military provided training and equipment to Colombian forces and shared intelligence.