Colombia election favorite vows US-backed strikes on narco camps

Mădălin Mihai

Abelardo de la Espriella vowed a "shock plan" to resume airstrikes on jungle camps and to poison coca crops with US aircraft -- a dramatic shift from the policies of outgoing leftist President Gustavo Petro. "We'll start immediately with the bombing of narco-terrorist camps and with fumigation," the 47-year-old told AFP in Bogota. "Any criminal who does not surrender will be taken down as the law allows," he said, framing his campaign for the May vote as a rescue mission for a country he says

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