Colombia's attorney general says he will not drop extradition warrants

FILE PHOTO: Colombia's President Gustavo Petro attends the session "Leadership for Latin America" during the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2023 in Davos, Switzerland, January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's attorney general will not drop arrest warrants aimed at extraditing drug-trafficking bosses and will only suspend them if Congress approves a law to allow these targets to surrender themselves, he said on Monday.

Attorney general Francisco Barbosa made the statement to journalists after meeting with President Gustavo Petro, who wants to build "total peace" throughout the country via peace negotiations or surrender deals with a plethora of illegal armed groups.