Armando Alberto Benedetti

Armando Alberto Benedetti is a Colombian politician and the current Minister of the Interior in Colombia. He has recently been in the news due to U.S. sanctions imposed on him, President Gustavo Petro, and members of Petro's family, following allegations of their involvement in international drug trafficking. Benedetti has publicly criticized these sanctions, stating that they equate non-violent declarations with drug trafficking in the eyes of the U.S.