Donald Trump described Colombia as a "cocaine factory" and threatened land operations against drug traffickers in Latin America, prompting the ELN guerrilla group to announce a three-day armed strike that it frames as resistance to a "neocolonial plan" linked to United States interests in the Caribbean region.In response, the US Embassy in Colombia issued a security alert urging American citizens to avoid several high-risk departments and the Venezuela border area, to keep a low profile, and to closely follow local media during the stoppage period when guerrillas typically restrict movement and commerce through threats and road blockades.Colombian leaders including Gustavo Petro and Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez Suárez condemned the ELN action as criminal coercion that harms farmers and communities, while security forces were mobilized nationwide even as the group claimed it would respect civilians who do not cooperate with the military.