His comments have shockwaves from Bogotá to Washington, where Republican lawmakers reiterate the alliance that exists between Petro and Maduro. Congressman Carlos Giménez from Florida, and a Cuban-born outspoken critic of Latin American leftist leaders, lashed out. Petro, who has repeatedly framed himself as a bridge between the United States and Venezuela, fired back with his own statement. His latest salvo hinted at possible legal consequences – a rare suggestion that a sitting Colombian president could be indicted under U.S. law if links to transnational narcotics groups were proven. On one side, you have the U.S. flexing its muscles in the Caribbean, on the other, Venezuela militarizing its border.