"Colombian President Gustavo Petro criticised US policies on releasing prisoners who pledge to stop trafficking drugs into the United States, speaking at a Cabinet meeting in Bogota on Monday. "I spoke with Trump because they have to eliminate the legal clause that says they can be released from prison and receive legal benefits if they agree not to bring cocaine into the United States," Petro said, recalling his recent call with US President Donald Trump. "I don't know if it's the law in the United States or an internal regulation, it's not the case anywhere in the world, because what those who get out of US prisons are doing is coming here to kill a few people [...] They kill our Colombian people and they remain powerful outside the country, with huge amounts of money, bringing weapons into Colombia and taking cocaine out of Colombia. That has to stop," the president underlined. Petro's phone call with Trump took place on Thursday, with the two leaders discussing energy, security and joint efforts against drug trafficking, the Colombian presidency said. Petro's office added that the US president 'expressed apologies' for not inviting Colombia to the 'Shield of the Americas' summit in Miami on March 7, where Trump announced a new military coalition with 12 Latin American nations to fight drug cartels using what he called 'lethal military force'. The two heads of state previously agreed to cooperate against drug trafficking during Petro's visit to the White House in February, after months of bilateral tensions."