{"id":3150,"date":"2026-08-15T11:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T11:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/?p=3150"},"modified":"2026-08-15T11:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T11:18:15","slug":"colombia-calls-on-trump-for-u-s-military-help-against-cartels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/?p=3150","title":{"rendered":"Colombia Calls on Trump for U.S. Military Help Against Cartels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3151\" src=\"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/774267834_1332676401961031_4944583277726717079_n-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/774267834_1332676401961031_4944583277726717079_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/774267834_1332676401961031_4944583277726717079_n.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Colombia\u2019s newly inaugurated President Abelardo de la Espriella, known as \u201cEl Tigre,\u201d has requested U.S. collaboration in joint military operations against drug-trafficking and narco-terrorist groups, according to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.<\/p>\n<p>The request marks a major shift in Colombia\u2019s security strategy under the new government. De la Espriella has promised a much tougher campaign against armed groups and drug traffickers, including expanded military action and closer cooperation with Washington.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1691648\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hegseth said Colombia has joined the U.S.-backed Shield of the Americas initiative and authorized cooperation aimed at confronting narco-terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>The move could significantly deepen military ties between Washington and Bogot\u00e1 as both governments push for a more aggressive approach to the region\u2019s powerful drug-trafficking networks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colombia\u2019s newly inaugurated President Abelardo de la Espriella, known as \u201cEl Tigre,\u201d has requested U.S. collaboration in joint military operations against drug-trafficking and narco-terrorist groups, according to U.S. Defense Secretary &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-3150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trending","tag-breaking-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3152,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3150\/revisions\/3152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}