🇨🇴🌹🤝🇻🇪🇻🇪 — The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, has publicly endorsed Nicolás Maduro’s proposal to coordinate joint efforts against drug trafficking, including possible collaboration between the armed forces of both countries, despite the fact that the Chavista regime has been identified by the United States as the leader of the Cartel of the Suns, a drug trafficking organization linked to high-ranking Venezuelan military officials

“Nicolás Maduro has not spoken about uniting the armies, but about coordinating them to end drug trafficking in the border area, and that is beneficial for both nations and has yielded significant results.

The ELN has been hit on both sides of the border, militarily.

My order given is to coordinate intelligence for the fight against drug trafficking with the U.S., Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, with China, with the Arab world, and with the entire world.

And I have given instructions that, above political differences, the armies of Latin America should coordinate with priority.”

🇺🇸 The Cartel of the Suns, according to accusations from the U.S. Department of Justice since 2020 and reinforced in 2025, is led by Maduro and high-ranking military officials, facilitating the shipment of hundreds of tons of cocaine through Venezuela to international markets, in collaboration with groups such as the FARC dissidents and the Sinaloa Cartel. In July 2025, the U.S. Treasury classified it as a global terrorist organization, and Trump signed an order authorizing military operations against such cartels abroad.

❌ Leaders such as Vicky Dávila and Ernesto Macías condemned Petro’s statements, asserting that the Colombian Army should not defend drug traffickers and that this violates the Constitution. Macías questioned whether Petro keeps “sensitive secrets” with Maduro. The U.S. Attorney’s Office has seized 30 tons of cocaine linked to the Cartel, representing a threat to national security.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Over the past 48 hours, Ukrainian and Russian channels reported that Russian Armed Forces managed to conduct a breakthrough on Dobropilla line, cutting off the Dobropilla-Kramatorsk road, vital for the supply of the Ukrainian fortified positions in Donbass

According to Ukrainian monitoring page, DeepState UA, Russian forces managed to make a significant push through Ukrainian lines east of Dobropilla on the Donetsk front, advancing around 10km north in the recent days.

Per observers, Russian forces used hundreds of motorcycle-powered units in the last few weeks to slowly gain positions behind Ukrainian troops.

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