Colombian president says he gave Trump list of major drug ‘kingpins’ during meeting

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Tuesday he gave President Trump a list of major drug “kingpins” that both countries should work on arresting around the world.

“Their capital is outside Colombia, and they must be pursued jointly through coordinated intelligence work across many sectors of the world,” Petro told reporters during a press conference at the Colombian Embassy in Washington, D.C., following his meeting with Trump at the White House.

Petro said he proposed to the president that Colombia and the U.S. should work in tandem to detain “kingpins of the kingpins,” who he argues live in Madrid, Miami and Dubai.

The Colombian president said he had a “positive” meeting with Trump and that the two discussed “concrete problems and possible paths forward,” although he added that neither of them changed their thinking on “many issues.”

“But how do you make a pact? A pact is not between identical twins,” Petro said during the press conference. “A pact is between opponents who are able to find paths toward a shared human brotherhood.”

Likewise, Trump said he had a “very good” meeting with Petro and added that the two discussed a variety of issues, including sanctions.

“He and I weren’t exactly the best of friends, but I wasn’t insulted because I never met him,” Trump told reporters after the meeting. “I didn’t know at all. And we got along very well.”