The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, said this Monday (5) that, if necessary, he could take up arms again to defend the country. The agent also highlighted that he ordered the Colombian public force to shoot at the “invader”. 
The statements, written on the X, were made in response to the President of the United States, Donald Trump, who, this Sunday (4), threatened to set up a military operation against Colombia.
“Although I wasn’t in the military, I know war and clandestinity. I swore not to take up a weapon again since the 1989 Peace Pact, but for the Fatherland I will take up arms again, even if I don’t want to,” said Petro, who participated in the M19 guerrilla movement (April 19 Movement) in the 1980s.
The president of Colombia also stated that public force commanders who do not defend popular sovereignty should leave the corporation.
“Every soldier in Colombia now has an order: any commander of the public force who prefers the flag of the United States to the flag of Colombia must immediately withdraw from the institution, by order of the bases, the troops and myself. The Constitution orders the public force to defend popular sovereignty.”
The president added that the order to the public force is not to shoot at the people, but at the invader.
Petro listed a series of actions taken by his government against drug production and trafficking and highlighted that he was democratically elected and has no involvement with drug trafficking. “I’m not illegitimate, nor am I a drug trafficker. I only own my family home, which I still pay for with my salary. My bank statements were published. No one could say that I spent more than I earned. I’m not ambitious.”
“I have enormous trust in my people, and that is why I asked the people to defend the president from any illegitimate violent act against him,” he added.
Yesterday, Trump threatened to launch military action against Colombia, saying that the country is sick and is run by a sick man. The US president accused, without evidence, President Petro of enjoying producing cocaine and selling the drug to the United States.
The statements were made after the United States kidnap the president of VenezuelaNicolás Maduro, in an operation on Saturday (3), and taken to New York to be tried.
