Petro Sues Noboa for Slander Over Criminal Boss Link

0:00Columbia and President Gustavo Petro just announced he's suing his Ecuadorian counterpart, Daniel Noboa, for Slander, after Noboa linked him to a top, criminal boss. Noboa claimed Petro met folks tied to a dolphin Macias, better known as Pito, the leader of one of Ecuador's most brutal gangs who got extra-dited to the United States last year on drug and weapons charges. Petro fired back on X, denying any knowledge of Fito, and pointing out that Noboa's own army guarded him around the clock during a visit to the cocaine. Hot spot of man to back in May, for Noboa's inauguration. Noboa dropped the accusation in a Colombian paper, but showed zero proof. These two leaders couldn't be more different ideologically, and their beef is fueling a nasty crime wave from drug trafficking across their shared. Border. Tensions boiled over when Ecuador slapped tariffs on Colombian goods, blaming weak border control. Colombia hid back with its own tariffs and cut off energy sales, while Ecuador cranked theirs up from 30% to 50, now heading to one,

1:05100% next month. It's turned into a full trade war since January. This lawsuit threat piles on the diplomatic mess, leaving both nations' economies hurting and their people caught in the crossfire as the few drags. On, I'm Cory with the story, and you've been listening to Canada News today, AI-powered local news.