Colombia visit by US Secretary of Homeland Security eases tensions between Trump and Petro
Kristi Noem meets with the Colombian president and exchanges words of praise with the foreign minister, Laura Sarabia. Both countries signed a deal for biometric data cooperation
US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem on Thursday made a point of publicly easing the tense relations between the Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro administrations during a visit to Bogotá, the second stop on her tour of Latin America. “This biometric data-sharing alliance will help us make an impact to assist Colombia and Colombians in identifying criminals along the borders,” she said in a brief statement from San Carlos Palace, the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry, in which she exchanged compliments with Minister Laura Sarabia. Both officials had a meeting in which they discussed security, drug trafficking, trade and human smuggling, and which produced a memorandum of understanding to share more information on migrants. In the afternoon, Noem met with President Petro, although further details were not disclosed.
