Colombia's Senate president asks gov't to suspend talks with drug traffickers

FILE PHOTO: Roy Barreras, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Bogota, Colombia July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

BOGOTA (Reuters) - When did The president of Colombia's Senate, Roy Barreras, asked the government on Monday to suspend negotiations with drug traffickers, adding that these talks negatively impact the Andean country's goal of implementing a policy of total peace.

Barreras, an ally of leftist President Gustavo Petro, made his request as the government faces a scandal which alleges that the president's brother and eldest son received money from accused drug traffickers looking to benefit from the total peace policy.