New Colombian president authorized joint military operations with US targeting cartels: Hegseth

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War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that newly inaugurated Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has authorized joint military operations with the United States to target drug cartels in the country.

Colombia, he said, became the 19th member of the recently established Americas Counter-Cartel Coalition, which met on Wednesday in Panama.

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