04.01.2026 15:30
As the news of the U.S. kidnapping Venezuelan President Maduro hits like a bombshell, the incident has brought back to the forefront the words of Colombia's leader Gustavo Petro, another country targeted by Trump. Petro stated, "A pedophile clan wants to destroy our democracy. They are sending warships to kill fishermen to prevent Epstein's list from coming out and threatening to invade our neighbor for oil."
The United States, which has been conducting large-scale airstrikes in Venezuela, kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and brought them to New York. As the events made headlines around the world, the statements made by Colombian President Gustavo Petro, another target of U.S. President Donald Trump, in recent months came back to the agenda.
Petro had stated, "A pedophile clan wants to destroy our democracy. They are sending warships to kill fishermen to prevent Epstein's list from coming out and threatening to invade our neighbor for oil."
"A PEDOPHILE CLAN WANTS TO DESTROY COLOMBIAN DEMOCRACY"
Petro reacted strongly to the political interventions in his country and the claim that former President Andres Pastrana's name appeared in "Jeffrey Epstein" related lists. He said, "Pastrana appears on that list as Epstein's friend. And now the picture is complete. A pedophile clan wants to destroy Colombian democracy."
"THEY ARE SENDING WARSHIPS TO KILL FISHERMEN"
President Petro argued that certain interest groups are "pressuring the country to prevent these dirty relationships from coming to light," stating, "They are sending warships to kill the fishermen of this city so that the list does not come out, and they are threatening to invade our neighbor for oil."
"WHEN DID WE BECOME SO TREACHEROUS THAT WE SAW VENEZUELA AS AN ENEMY?"
Petro also expressed his opposition to possible intervention plans against Venezuela, saying, "How can the Colombian people applaud attacks on their brother Venezuela? When did we become so treacherous that we saw our own blood, our brother peoples, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela as enemies?"
"WE WILL NOT ALLOW COLOMBIAN TERRITORY TO BE USED AS A BASE"
At the end of his speech, Petro referred to his predecessor Ivan Duque, stating that he opposed the "use of Colombian territory as a base to invade a brother country," emphasizing, "What the President is asked to do is what Duque wanted to do. To give Colombian territory as a base to invade a brother country. But we will not allow such treachery. Because Bolivar was born there and died here."
About two months after Petro's speech, the United States conducted airstrikes on Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, kidnapping Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and taking them to New York.