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U.S. visa revocations, entry bans and related foreign investigations involving Latin American officials accused of corruption or narcotics trafficking.
The United States imposed visa restrictions on nearly two dozen people in Colombia on Thursday, expanding enforcement of a new Trump administration policy that prohibits entry for foreign nationals in Latin America whom the administration accuses of corruption or narcotrafficking. The State Department identified seven current and former Colombian officials and said the restrictions also apply to those officials' families.
Bolivian police arrested Attorney General Roger Mariaca at Viru Viru International Airport in Santa Cruz on October 1, two days after the United States revoked his visa over allegations linking him to drug trafficking and corruption. Government Minister Marco Antonio Oviedo said Mariaca was detained on suspicion of involvement in a criminal organization, money laundering and drug trafficking.
The State Department revoked the visas of more than 15 current and former Latin American officials and businessmen on Monday under a new Trump administration policy to bar entry to those it accuses of undermining democratically elected governments through corruption or narcotrafficking. The department targeted 26 people in total under the new measure, naming 15 current and former officials, judges, prosecutors and businesspeople from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru — all led by right-leaning governments aligned with the Trump administration.