Colombia's Petro releases bank records to counter US drug claims

Colombian president Gustavo Petro has publicly released his bank records in an effort to demonstrate he has no ties to drug trafficking, an unsubstantiated claim made by US. President Donald Trump.

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Colombian president Gustavo Petro has publicly released his bank records in an effort to demonstrate

Colombia’s Financial Information and Analysis Unit this week began releasing the president's bank statements to the press from 2022 to June of this year after the president ordered their release on Monday.

“Don’t you find it alarming that my bank accounts and transactions contradict President (Donald) Trump's assessment of a president democratically elected by Colombians?” Petro wrote Wednesday on the social network X.

Petro is referring to the sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasury Department on him, first lady Veronica Alcocer, and his eldest son Nicolas Petro, all of whom were accused of drug trafficking links without evidence.