Colombia's Petro says drug traffickers want to kill him with missiles


FILE PHOTO: Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks during his visit and after a binational council of ministers, in Jacmel, Haiti January 22, 2025. REUTERS/Marckinson Pierre/File Photo

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia's President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday said drug traffickers have acquired two missiles which they plan to fire at his plane, in order to kill him, citing the success of his efforts to tackle the drug trade.

"You know that they want to shoot a missile at my plane, which the drug traffickers bought and have stored. Not one, but two missiles," Petro said - without presenting evidence - during the possession of the new director of Colombia's national police, general Carlos Fernando Triana.

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