World Signal

President Abelardo de la Espriella scraps Gustavo Petro's negotiating framework; a Guaviare airstrike's death toll rose from 8 to 11 as the government pushes a hard-line reset Bogotá, Colombia — August 30, 2026 Colombia's new president, Abelardo de la Espriella , has formally shut down the negotiating framework his predecessor Gustavo Petro called "Total Peace," ordering the extradition to the United States of five men who had served as negotiators for armed groups and confirming a military airstrike in the southern jungles. The strike, code-named "Operation Amón," was reported by the president on August 27 as killing eight fighters; Colombia's Attorney General's Office later put the toll at 11, including a commander who had once served as a peace-process delegate under Petro's government. Together, the announcements mark the clearest break yet from the negotiated-settlement approach Colombia's government has pursued, in various ...