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Colombia’s former defense minister Juan Carlos Pinzón warned that the once-close U.S.–Colombia alliance has "collapsed" under President Gustavo Petro, accusing the leftist leader of aligning with Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and turning Colombia into a "narco-state."

Pinzón, who is weighing a presidential run, told Fox News Digital he could "repair U.S.-Colombian relations in a week" and urged international oversight of Colombia’s May elections amid what he called growing cartel influence and political corruption.

"Petro has made himself an ally to [Venezuelan dictator Nicolás] Maduro's regime, a narco-state, and a regime that is held mainly by the Cartel de los Soles," Pinzón said. "He has justified the existence of drug tr

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