Colombia will continue to work with the United States to fight drug trafficking using Washington's intelligence and technology, the South American nation said on Monday.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Monday that he is ready to “take up arms” against the US after President Trump threatened military action in Colombia.

President Trump issued a not-so-thinly-veiled threat to Colombia's Gustavo Petro that he will be the next Latin American leader ousted by the U.S. Military.

Venezuela’s proximity to Colombia, especially across the border state of Zulia and the Lake Maracaibo area, makes it a known transit corridor for Colombian cocaine moving toward the Caribbean and onward to Europe, with traffickers exploiting maritime and overland routes.

First came the scorched boat. Then the mangled bodies. Then the packets with traces of marijuana. Now, fishermen fear the ocean that feeds them.