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阿韦拉多·德拉埃斯普列利亚承诺终结佩特罗的“全面和平”政策，分析人士称该政策助长了游击队和贩毒集团的气焰
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绰号“老虎”的哥伦比亚总统候选人誓言以强硬立场打击犯罪
哥伦比亚总统候选人阿韦拉多·德拉埃斯普列利亚誓言对该国贩毒团伙和武装组织采取强硬立场。（视频：美联社）
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一名主张取缔贩毒集团、重塑哥伦比亚安全理念的强硬派法治候选人正在选民中获得支持，哥伦比亚民众将于本周日举行总统选举。
作为全球最大的可卡因生产国和美国长期以来的安全伙伴，哥伦比亚的国内政策直接影响毒品走私流动、移民形势和地区稳定。
分析人士认为，波哥大领导层的更迭可能重塑美国与哥伦比亚在禁毒、情报共享和反 cartel 行动方面的合作——这些议题仍是美国国内和外交政策的核心。
阿韦拉多·德拉埃斯普列利亚是一名商人兼成功的辩护律师，已成为右翼阵营的热门候选人，其竞选纲领聚焦激进的禁毒执法、体制改革，以及与现任左翼总统古斯塔沃·佩特罗与武装反叛团体的谈判路线彻底决裂。
特朗普的禁毒战争止于墨西哥边境——暂时如此
2026年5月23日，在哥伦比亚巴兰基亚的最后一场竞选集会上，一名支持“祖国捍卫者党”总统候选人阿韦拉多·德拉埃斯普列利亚的支持者在等待他到场时自拍。哥伦比亚将于5月31日举行总统选举。（瓦内萨·罗梅罗/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
这位47岁、绰号“老虎”的候选人近日告诉美联社：“我唯一认可的和平进程，是靠武装力量和共和国法律推进的进程。在我的政府治下，任何顽抗的匪徒都会被依法铲除，若其投降，我们将把他关进超级监狱，让他为自己应偿还的司法债务付出代价。”
他的崛起呼应了拉美地区的一种模式：哈维尔·米莱、纳伊布·布克尔和何塞·安东尼奥·卡斯特等领导人都围绕安全优先的议程和选民对犯罪与经济不稳定的不满情绪积累了政治 momentum。
据美联社报道，民调显示德拉埃斯普列利亚很可能与左翼候选人伊万·塞佩达、中右翼候选人帕洛玛·巴伦西亚展开对决。塞佩达与总统古斯塔沃·佩特罗同属一个政党。本次大选共有14名候选人参选。
2026年5月24日，哥伦比亚“祖国捍卫者党”总统候选人阿韦巴尔多·德拉埃斯普列利亚在哥伦比亚麦德林的闭幕竞选集会上隔着防弹玻璃发表演讲。哥伦比亚将于5月31日举行总统选举。（海梅·萨尔达里亚/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
据美联社报道，巴伦西亚的竞选活动得到了该国大多数传统政党以及经济学家的支持，这些经济学家担忧佩特罗政府时期债务水平不断上升，希望哥伦比亚回归更传统的经济政策。
美国与哥伦比亚合作利用生物识别技术应对移民问题
巴伦西亚告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“作为哥伦比亚总统，我们将基于相互尊重和捍卫国家利益，恢复与美国的战略、紧密且互信的关系。我们将加强在安全、情报、军事训练和打击跨国犯罪领域的合作——这些领域的双边联盟对哥伦比亚的稳定至关重要。我们还将推动哥伦比亚在‘美洲之盾’框架中发挥积极作用，为地区防务与安全贡献领导力。”
她补充道：“美国将继续是推动经济增长、投资和创造就业的关键伙伴，也是生活在美国的数百万哥伦比亚人的重要盟友。哥伦比亚还将与美国并肩捍卫整个西半球的自由与民主，支持恢复古巴自由的努力，帮助委内瑞拉回归民主道路。我们的关系将以信任、合作以及为哥伦比亚及其公民谋求切实利益为核心。”
2026年3月8日周日，哥伦比亚“民主中心党”总统候选人帕洛玛·巴伦西亚在波哥大举行的“哥伦比亚大咨询”选举之夜集会上发言。参议员帕洛玛·巴伦西亚在周日的初选中以压倒性优势获胜后，现已成为下一任哥伦比亚总统的热门人选之一。（纳塔莉亚·安加里塔/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
批评人士称，左翼候选人伊万·塞佩达代表了佩特罗相关左翼政策的延续，甚至可能进一步扩大。塞佩达支持与武装团体对话、农村改革以及对哥伦比亚传统安全框架进行改革，更加强调社会投资。
哥伦比亚总统颁布紧急权力以恢复受反叛战斗蹂躏的古柯种植区秩序
Libertank 执行主任卡米洛·古斯曼告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，周日的选举很可能会在塞佩达和德拉埃斯普列利亚之间进行第二轮对决。“阿韦巴尔多比反对阵营的任何人都更能体察选民情绪，因此赢得了参选资格。他为选民提供了情绪宣泄的出口，直接道出了哥伦比亚选民对传统政治阶层和当权派的愤慨。”
古斯曼补充道，“中右翼参议员帕洛玛·巴伦西亚所展现的是能力与延续乌里韦时代的路线，而德拉埃斯普列利亚的主张则建立在强硬的安全路线之上。终结佩特罗那助长游击队和贩毒集团气焰的‘全面和平’失败政策，全力打击贩毒活动，重建佩特罗用四年时间瓦解的与美国的禁毒联盟。”
分析人士表示，选举结果对美国具有重大战略意义。德拉埃斯普列利亚政府可能会更紧密地契合美国传统的禁毒优先事项，在合成毒品流动和有组织犯罪网络在整个西半球扩张之际，有可能加强双边合作。
效仿特朗普的法治保守派当选智利总统，暴力犯罪危机重塑国家
2026年5月24日，哥伦比亚“历史公约党”总统候选人伊万·塞佩达在大西洋省巴兰基亚的最后一场竞选集会上向支持者发表讲话。（瓦内萨·罗梅罗/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
除双边关系外，此次选举还被密切关注，因其可能成为拉美地区的一个转折点。德拉埃斯普列利亚或巴伦西亚的胜选将巩固拉美部分地区安全优先型领导人的势头，而塞佩达当选则意味着佩特罗政策的延续。
德拉埃斯普列利亚的竞选搭档、副总统候选人何塞·曼努埃尔·雷斯特雷波接受了福克斯新闻数字频道的独家专访。“哥伦比亚与美国的关系需要恢复和重建，这首先要从制定健全的安全政策打击贩毒活动开始。至关重要的是，我们要摆脱当前恶化的双边关系——在这种关系下，我们失去了与这个首要贸易和投资伙伴之间历史性的双边、两院、两党和多部门合作关系。”
2026年5月20日周三，哥伦比亚前财政部长、“祖国捍卫者党”副总统候选人何塞·曼努埃尔·雷斯特雷波在波哥大的一场竞选集会上发言。（纳塔莉亚·安加里塔/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
他继续说道：“为了加强这种关系，我们必须抓住机会，让哥伦比亚成为美国在恢复委内瑞拉民主方面的最佳盟友。利用与美国的这种关系，我们可以在向委内瑞拉提供食品、卫生用品和基本需求物资方面发挥重要作用。这将为与美国的关系指明新方向，创造惠及哥伦比亚的新机遇……在我们的政府治下，与美国的关系将得到加强和重振。”
古斯曼指出，“德拉埃斯普列利亚的反建制姿态并非自由主义议程。他的经济计划依赖价格管制、利率补贴和进口替代，更接近于老式的拉美民粹主义，而非布克尔的亲投资路线，与米莱的自由市场计划更是相去甚远。随之而来的经济计划是否会在拉美南部制造新的不稳定因素，仍是一个悬而未决的问题。”
2026年5月22日，哥伦比亚“历史公约党”总统候选人伊万·塞佩达的支持者在波哥大玻利瓦尔广场参加竞选集会。（劳尔·阿尔沃莱达/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
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分析师、企业家、前总统杰罗尼莫·乌里韦之子称，周日的总统大选 stakes 再明确不过。“哥伦比亚的选举并非左翼与右翼之间的较量。而是在由贩毒集团撑腰的共产主义模式与捍卫民主和自由的模式之间做出选择。”他告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
塞佩达的代表并未立即回应福克斯新闻数字频道的置评请求。
本报道由美联社撰稿。
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Anti-cartel hardliner channels Trump in bid to end Colombia’s leftist era in pivotal election
May 31, 2026 6:00am EDT / Fox News
Abelardo De La Espriella promises to end Petro’s ‘total peace’ policy that analysts say emboldened guerrillas and cartels
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Colombian presidential candidate with the nickname ‘The Tiger’ vows tough stance on crime
Presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella vows hardline stance on drug traffickers and armed groups in Colombia. (Video: Associated Press)
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A hardline, law-and-order candidate who promises to dismantle drug cartels and reset Colombia’s security doctrine is gaining traction with voters as Colombians vote in Sunday’s presidential election.
As the world’s largest cocaine producer and a long-standing U.S. security partner, Colombia’s internal policies directly affect narcotics flows, migration dynamics and regional stability.
Analysts believe a shift in Bogotá’s leadership could reshape cooperation with Washington on drug interdiction, intelligence sharing and counter-cartel operations — issues that remain central to U.S. domestic and foreign policy.
Abelardo De La Espriella, a businessman and successful defense attorney, has emerged as a leading candidate on the right with a platform focused on aggressive counternarcotics enforcement, institutional reform and a decisive break from current leftist President Gustavo Petro’s negotiation-based approach with armed rebel groups.
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A supporter of Colombia’s presidential candidate for the Defensores de la Patria party, Abelardo de la Espriella, takes a selfie as she awaits his arrival to his last campaign rally in Barranquilla, Colombia, on May 23, 2026. Colombia will hold presidential elections on May 31.(Vanessa Romero/AFP via Getty Images)
The 47-year-old, nicknamed ‘The Tiger,’ recently told the Associated Press, “The only peace process I believe in is one imposed by the force of arms and the laws of the republic. Under my government, any bandit who resists will be eliminated as appropriate, and if he submits, we will imprison him in a mega prison so he can pay his debt to justice as they should.”
His rise mirrors a regional pattern seen with leaders like Javier Milei, Nayib Bukele and José Antonio Kast figures who have built political momentum around security-first agendas and voter frustration with crime and economic instability.
According to an Associated Press report, polls say De La Espriella is likely to fight it out with leftist candidate Iván Cepeda, who is from the same party as President Gustavo Petro, and center-right candidate Paloma Valencia. There are 14 candidates on the ballot.
Colombia’s presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, of the Defensores de la Patria party, speaks behind bulletproof glass during his closing campaign rally in Medellin, Colombia on May 24, 2026. Colombia will hold presidential elections on May 31.(Jaime Saldarriaga/AFP Via Getty Images)
Valencia’s campaign is backed by most of the nation’s traditional parties and by economists who are concerned about the growing levels of debt under the Petro administration and want Colombia to return to more orthodox policies, the Associated Press reported.
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Valencia told Fox News Digital, “As president of Colombia, we will restore a strategic, close, and trustworthy relationship with the United States, based on mutual respect and the defense of our national interests. We will strengthen cooperation in security, intelligence, military training, and the fight against transnational crime; areas in which the alliance between our two countries has been essential to Colombia’s stability. We will also work to ensure that Colombia plays an active role in the Shield of the Americas and contributes to regional leadership in defense and security. “
She added, “The United States will continue to be a key partner for economic growth, investment, and job creation, as well as a vital ally for the millions of Colombians who live there. Colombia will also stand alongside the United States in defending freedom and democracy across the hemisphere, supporting efforts to restore liberty in Cuba and to help Venezuela return to a democratic path. Our relationship will be defined by trust, cooperation, and the pursuit of tangible benefits for Colombia and its citizens.”
Paloma Valencia, presidential candidate for the Democratic Center party, during the Gran Consulta Por Colombia election night rally in Bogota, Colombia, on Sunday, March 8, 2026. Senator Paloma Valencia is now among the favorites to become Colombia’s next president after her landslide win in primaries on Sunday.(Nathalia Angarita/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Critics say leftist candidate Iván Cepeda, represents a continuation and potential expansion of the leftist policies associated with Petro. Cepeda supports dialogue with armed groups, rural reform and a reform of Colombia’s traditional security framework, placing greater emphasis on social investment.
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Camilo Guzmán, executive director of Libertank, told Fox News Digital that Sunday’s election will likely result in a runoff between Cepeda and De La Espriella. “Abelardo earned that ticket by reading the room better than anyone else in the opposition. He offered catharsis, speaking directly to Colombian voters’ indignation toward the traditional political class and the establishment.
“Where center-right Senator Paloma Valencia offered competence and continuity with the Uribe tradition, he said, De La Espriella’s message “is built on a hard line on security,” Guzman added. “Ending Petro’s failed ‘total peace’ policy that emboldened guerrillas and cartels, going after narco-trafficking with full force, and rebuilding the counter-narcotics alliance with Washington that Petro spent four years dismantling.”
Analysts say the outcome for the U.S. carries significant strategic weight. A De La Espriella administration could align more closely with Washington’s traditional counternarcotics priorities, potentially strengthening bilateral cooperation at a time when synthetic drug flows and organized crime networks are expanding across the hemisphere.
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Colombia’s presidential candidate Ivan Cepeda, of the Pacto Historico party, speaks to supporters during his final campaign rally in Barranquilla, Atlantico department, Colombia on May 24, 2026.(Vanessa Romero/AFP via Getty Images)
Beyond bilateral relations, the election is being closely watched as a potential inflection point for Latin America. A De La Espriella or Valencia win would reinforce the momentum of security-focused leadership seen in parts of the region, while a Cepeda presidency would signal continuity for Petro’s policies.
José Manuel Restrepo, candidate for vice president on the ticket with De La Espriella talked exclusively to Fox News Digital. “The relationship between Colombia and the United States needs to be recovered and rebuilt, and this starts with a sound security policy to combat drug trafficking. It will be crucial to move beyond the current deteriorated relationship, in which we lost the historic bilateral, bicameral, bipartisan, and multisectoral relationship with our primary trading and investment partner.”
Jose Manuel Restrepo, Colombia’s former finance minister and vice presidential candidate for the Defenders of the Homeland party, during a campaign rally in Bogota, Colombia, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.(Nathalia Angarita/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
He continued, “To strengthen it, we must seize the opportunity for Colombia to become the United States’ best possible ally in the restoration of democracy in Venezuela. Leveraging this relationship with the United States, we can play a major role in investing in food, hygiene products and basic needs from Colombia to Venezuela. This would, among other things, give a new direction to the relationship with the United States, creating new opportunities that benefit Colombia…Under our administration, the relationship with the United States would be strengthened and revitalized.
Guzman noted that “De La Espriella’s anti-establishment posture is not a libertarian agenda. His economic program leans on price controls, interest-rate subsidies, and import substitution, closer to old-school Latin American populism than to Bukele’s pro-investment turn, and a world away from Milei’s free-market project. Whether the economic program that comes with it creates new instability south of the border is the open question.”
Supporters of Colombia’s presidential candidate Ivan Cepeda, of the Pacto Historico party, attend a campaign rally at Plaza Bolivar in Bogota on May 22, 2026.(Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images)
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Analyst, entrepreneur and son of a former president Jerónimo Uribe said the stakes could not be clearer in Sunday’s presidential race. “The elections in Colombia are not between the left and the right. They are between a communist model propped up by drug traffickers and a model that defends democracy and freedom,” he told Fox News Digital.
Representatives for Cepeda did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Armando Regil reports on Mexico and Latin America. You can follow Armando on Twitter @armando_regil
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