Manuel Rueda

According to the Times, federal prosecutors in Manhattan and Brooklyn are in the early stages of investigating if Petro's presidential campaign met with and took money from drug traffickers.

NPR has not independently verified the investigation.

The Trump administration has not commented.

The Colombian embassy in Washington said that reports of investigations against Petro were not confirmed by any, quote, competent authority and added that the president has confronted criminal activity throughout his public life.

President Trump has often accused Petro of being an ally of drug traffickers, a charge the Colombian president has rejected.

For NPR News, I'm Manuel Rueda in Lima, Peru.

On Friday night, activists cheered outside a prison in Caracas as they heard about the new amnesty bill announced by acting President Delcy Rodríguez.

This is a ray of hope for us, said Mayra Morales.

Her brother was accused of participating in an effort to overthrow the government and has been in prison for five years.

The amnesty bill follows a U.S.

raid on Venezuela in which President Nicolás Maduro was captured.

Now, the Trump administration is pressuring Venezuelan officials to free hundreds of dissidents who were imprisoned during Maduro's rule.

Opposition leaders welcomed the bill, but said that many more reforms need to be made to restore democracy in Venezuela.

For NPR News, I'm Manuel Rueda in Caracas.

On Friday night, activists cheered outside a prison in Caracas as they heard about the new amnesty bill announced by acting President Delcy Rodríguez.

This is a ray of hope for us, said Mayra Morales.

Her brother was accused of participating in an effort to overthrow the government and has been in prison for five years.

The amnesty bill follows a U.S.

raid on Venezuela in which President Nicolás Maduro was captured.

Now, the Trump administration is pressuring Venezuelan officials to free hundreds of dissidents who were imprisoned during Maduro's rule.