This past August, Vice President Mike Pence had a successful visit to Colombia, our closest ally in the South America. The Vice President’s visit to this Andean nation (whose capital, Bogota, is only a three-hour flight from Miami) demonstrates the Trump administration’s commitment to Colombia as a strategic partner.

Colombia recently ended its multi-decade internal conflict fueled and funded mostly by deadly narcotics, but the nation once again faces a turning point with consequences for America’s neighborhoods and communities already battling the opioid crisis.