On Friday, Alfredo Saade, head of the Colombian presidential office, said he US had initiated the process of revoking visas for Colombian government officials who were formerly members of the demobilized M-19 guerrilla group, to which President Gustavo Petro once belonged.

The United States and Colombia have recalled their top diplomats from their respective countries amid a deepening rift between Washington and Bogota seemingly centered on an alleged plot to oust the Colombian president.