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When the United States moved to seize Nicolás Maduro in the predawn hours of January 3, 2026, it handed a stunning, long-overdue blow to a regime that has been a cancer on the hemisphere for years. For patriotic Americans who watched Caracas turn into a narco-state, the operation felt like justice finally catching up with a dictator who trafficked misery across borders.
Colombian national-security veteran Juan Carlos Pinzón has been blunt: the current president of Colombia needs to worry, because Petro’s weak posture toward Venezuela and alleged sympathies with Maduro-friendly forces leave Colombia dangerously exposed. Pinzón, who has served as defense minister and ambassador to Washington, has repeatedly warned that Petro’s diplomacy looks more like subservience to Maduro than sober defense of Colombian interests.
Pinzón’s warning is not alarmism — it’s a sober assessment from someone who helped build Colombia’s partnership with the United States to fight narco-terrorism. Anyone who has watched the last decade knows that soft rhetoric and hand-wringing do nothing to stop cartels or armed groups slipping across borders; you need iron resolve and clear alliances, not sympathy tours and muddled diplomacy.
Of course, the seizure of Maduro has sparked global debate about legality and precedent, with the U.N. and multiple governments raising questions about unilateral military action. Conservatives should not reflexively celebrate lawlessness, but neither should we stand idle while drug-running dictators use their states as criminal enterprises to flood our streets with violence; national security and the rule of law must protect American lives first.
What happens next in Caracas will reverberate in Bogotá and beyond: a power vacuum can be dangerous, but it is also a chance to break transnational criminal networks that prey on ordinary people. If Colombia’s leadership wants to keep its sovereignty and prosperity, it must stop courting rogue regimes and recommit to the U.S.-Colombian security partnership that once made both our nations safer.
Patriots in both countries should rally behind leaders who put citizen security first, not those who flirt with dictators. Juan Carlos Pinzón has sounded the alarm; voters and policymakers who love freedom should heed him, demand accountability, strengthen border defenses, and restore the tough, principled cooperation that actually protects families from cartels and chaos.
