Colombian security forces killed five members of the country's largest drug cartel, including a regional kingpin, the government said Wednesday ahead of a meeting in Washington between presidents Gustavo Petro and Donald Trump. A defense ministry official on Wednesday told AFP that five cartel members were killed and two captured. Last month, the Trump administration designated the Gulf Clan as a foreign terrorist organization, opening the door to potential military action against them. Petro's government has held peace talks with the Gulf Clan in Qatar, as part of the president's bid to get all remaining armed groups in Colombia to disband. Last April, eight members of the Gulf Clan were killed in clashes with security forces.