Federal prosecutors are investigating Colombia’s Marxist President Gustavo Petro over his alleged ties to drug traffickers.According to multiple media reports, the probes are being led by U.S. attorney’s offices in Manhattan and Brooklyn, with support from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Homeland Security Investigations.Prosecutors are examining whether Petro met with traffickers and whether his presidential campaign received funding connected to illicit networks.The investigations are ongoing and remain in early stages. It is unclear at what stages the investigations are at and whether charges will follow.Breaking News: The U.S. Justice Department is said to be pursuing criminal investigations of President Gustavo Petro of Colombia, a onetime President Trump foe. https://t.co/eOWoDCWUBm— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 20, 2026The development comes amid a strained relationship between Petro and President Trump.Trump has repeatedly attacked Petro over his failure to cooperate with his crackdown on drug trafficking and suggested he needs to “watch his ass.”Petro, meanwhile, has described the Trump administration as a “clan of pedophiles.”“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy,” he said back in December.“To keep Epstein’s list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen and threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil.””Harsh, yes, but that’s the reality,” he continued. “To keep the list from coming out they send warships to kill fishermen from this city.”Colombia’s Marxist President Calls Trump White House a ‘Clan of Pedophiles’ (VIDEO)/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i