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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) 鈥� The Trump administration on Thursday recalled its top diplomat in Colombia for 鈥渦rgent consultations鈥� after recent comments from Colombia鈥檚 president appearing to question the U.S. position on an alleged plan to remove him from office.

The U.S. State Department said Thursday that the charge d鈥檃ffaires at the U.S. embassy in Bogota, John McNamara, would be returning to Washington 鈥渇ollowing baseless and reprehensible statements from the highest levels of the government of Colombia.鈥�

Colombian President Gustavo Petro responded in kind, recalling Colombia鈥檚 ambassador to Washington for consultation. He said he wants to talk to Amb. Daniel Garc铆a Pe帽a about progress on Colombia鈥檚 priorities in the bilateral relationship.

U.S. State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said in statement that the administration would also be 鈥減ursuing other measures to make clear our deep concern over the current state of our bilateral relationship.鈥� The statement did not elaborate on the reasons for the recall.

Petro has grappled this week with an apparent effort by current or former members of his administration to push him from office.

Colombia鈥檚 Attorney General鈥檚 Office said Tuesday that it had opened an investigation into a plan allegedly led by Petro鈥檚 own former Foreign Affairs Minister 脕lvaro Leyva. Spanish newspaper El Pa铆s had published audio recordings over the weekend that appeared to contemplate such a plan.

Leyva had allegedly approached some U.S. lawmakers to rally international pressure on Petro.

On Wednesday, Petro said on X that there had been an attempted coup and he called on the U.S. justice system to investigate.

鈥淭he other times that they have wanted to kill me the previous U.S. administration helped me,鈥� he wrote. 鈥淔rom here on, Bolivar鈥檚 sword follows its libertarian path, and the energy of the light and vibrant people. And the U.S. government?鈥�

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