US decertifies Colombia as ally in drugs fight

Soldiers walk away among coca plantations after local communities force them to leave their military base near El Plateado, Cauca department, Colombia on March 8, 2025. Colombia could lose the certification of its anti-drug campaign from the US this Monday, confirming the diplomatic stalemate between the two governments amid a major US military deployment in the Caribbean. (Photo by JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP)