Colombia to reject key US extradition requests

Bogota, Colombia (AFP) June 27, 2025

Colombia's new justice minister told AFP on Thursday that some key drug extraditions to the United States "will be suspended," even if it worsens already frayed ties with Washington. Eduardo Montealegre said the leftist government's priority would be to bring dissident leaders - many of whom are deeply involved in the cocaine trade - to the negotiating table rather than jail. "It's ab