(FILES) Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks during a meeting with members of the Colombian diaspora at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC, on February 5, 2026. Colombia's President Gustavo Petro denounced on March 16, 2026, a possible bombing by Ecuador on the Colombian side of the border, where drug trafficking groups operate, and warned that he is awaiting the results of an investigation to avoid "going to war." (Photo by Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images)