Colombia ends ceasefire with Gulf Clan drug cartel.

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Colombia ends ceasefire with Gulf Clan drug cartel.
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro has suspended the ceasefire with the Gulf Clan, the country's main drug trafficking cartel, accusing it of "sowing anxiety and terror". The ceasefire had been agreed in December as part of the president's plan for "total peace" in Colombia. Its suspension is a major blow to Mr Petro's attempt to end armed conflict. The cartel has a presence in many of Colombia's provinces and has established international connections with other criminal organisations, with whom it collaborates to smuggle drugs from Colombia to the US and as far away as Russia.

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