Posted on 08/15/2025 4:26:04 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Leftists have long held no qualms about assassination against their rivals, and in Colombia, where narcoterrorism is also a problem and left-narco alliances are common, it has started up again..
But at least we have a secretary of state who is wise to what's going on.
This week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent a high-level delegation to Bogota after a leading Colombian presidential candidate, conservative Sen. Miguel Uribe, died of his wounds in a June shooting by a criminal known as a 'sicario' or hitman who obviously had a sponsor.
Rubio seems to know who that might be, though, and has dialed up the pressure on the radical leftist in the presidential palace, Gustavo Petro, which tells us a lot about what he thinks is going on.
According to the expat-oriented City Paper of Bogotà, in a piece that ran two days ago, Rubio sent in his big guns to the funeral of the murdered conservative presidential candidate, Miguel Uribe -- dispatching Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau to interrupt his regularly scheduled trip there to lead a high powered delegation, which included GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio, a Colombian-American whose Colombian brother used to run the Inter-American Development Bank, and who obviously, is very connected in Colombian power circles outside the far-left Petro government.
The City Paper noted:
Landau said his trip would demonstrate “deep concern” and stressed Colombia’s strategic importance to the United States, particularly on migration and other regional issues. He also reaffirmed the “solid diplomatic relationship” between Washington and Bogotá, underscoring U.S. commitment to defending democracy and condemning political persecution of opposition leaders.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio also expressed his condolences, saying he was “deeply saddened” by the assassination. “The United States stands in solidarity with his family, the Colombian people
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
The left seems to act in the same ways no matter what country they inhabit.
Bkmk
I wonder if they call their drug cartels ‘foundations’?
Maybe they call the cartels NGOs.
I have very old friends who were missionaries there for years.
Colombia is a very rough, dangerous place where the drug industry is very entrenched. Cleaning out the cartels and drug lords would need Divine Intervention.
Or ColombiaAID.
Leftists have long held no qualms about assassination against their rivals, and in Colombia,
or in America, where they tried to kill Trump at least twice.
They call it the “communist international” for a reason: their dreams of unaccountable and unlimited power know no limits. Borders to them are merely a legal construct.
Interesting Spinal Tap reference to “11”.
For about 15 years I used to spend 6+ months a year in Colombia so I’ve a bit of knowledge of the country. Most farc area were/are in the east and south.
The Indios are easy targets for terrorists and missionaries. Zero sympathy for the terrorists or the missionaries.
For about 15 years I used to spend 6+ months a year in Colombia so I’ve a bit of knowledge of the country. Most farc area were/are in the east and south.
The Indios are easy targets for terrorists and missionaries. Zero sympathy for the terrorists or the missionaries.
“The opposition must understand that in the 2026 elections, drug traffickers, like Pablo Escobar in 1990, will play to favor a president and his candidate. The reason? Never, not even with Ernesto Samper, have they had such a close ally in power. Petro released them from prison to take them to a political event of his, he’s expanding the cocaine trade like never before, or perhaps when Juan Manuel Santos dismantled the anti-drug policy in 2013, he offered them all kinds of benefits in a law about to be passed by Congress, ended the eradication policy, and handed over to his best friend, drug trafficker Nicolás Maduro, the Catatumbo region where 30 percent of Colombia’s cocaine is produced. Do you want more evidence?”-— Pacho Santos (@PachoSantosC) August 13, 2025(translated by google)
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