After an escalation of tension between the U.S. and Colombia, President Gustavo Petro met with John McNamara, the U.S. chargé d'affaires to calm the situation.

A Colombian court on Tuesday struck down former President Alvaro Uribe's convictions for fraud and bribery in a lengthy legal saga over alleged witness tampering that could have resulted in him serving 12 years of house arrest,

President Trump called Colombia's president an "illegal drug leader" and pledged to end U.S. aid to the country, following the leader's criticism of U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats.

Bogota’s Superior Tribunal ruled that Uribe was wrongly found guilty in a case over bribery of witnesses and obstruction of justice.

President Donald Trump on Sunday announced he was cutting all federal funding to Colombia amid a deepening row between the right-wing populist American leader and socialist President Gustavo Petro.

"Daniel Garcia-Pena, Ambassador of Colombia in the United States of America, has been recalled for consultations by President Gustavo Petro and is now in Bogota," the Colombian foreign ministry said. "In the coming hours the national government will inform of the decisions taken."