US strikes on alleged drug traffickers are “positive” and “lawful” says ex Colombian President Ivan Duque

In an interview with FRANCE 24, former Colombian president Iván Duque defended US military strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats, rejecting current president Gustavo Petro’s denunciation of the operations as “murder”. “If the US uses its capacity to carry out interdiction, I think it is lawful,” Duque said. Claiming that Venezuela is “run by a dictator who is now the head of the Cartel de los Soles,” the former Colombian president stated: “If the US wants to undertake precision operations against those cartels, I am in favour of that.”