Deadly Attacks in Colombia Expose the Fatal Flaws of Petro’s ‘Total Peace’ Strategy

In a stark reminder that weak governance invites chaos, Colombia suffered brutal attacks this week—twenty dead and over eighty injured—spotlighting the disastrous security approach under President Gustavo Petro. The assault on a police anti-narcotics helicopter and a military aviation school base exposes how prioritizing ill-conceived peace deals with criminal insurgents has left public safety in shambles.These aren’t isolated incidents but rather symptoms of an expanding narcoterrorism crisis unchecked by Petro’s administration. As Colombia grapples with drones hitting law enforcement and truck bombs detonating near military installations, its neighbors—and by extension the United States—cannot afford to ignore these alarming developments. After...