Colombia's Petro says drug traffickers want to kill him with missiles

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday said drug traffickers have acquired two missiles which they plan to fire at his plane, in order to kill him, citing the success of his efforts to tackle the drug trade.

"You know that they want to shoot a missile at my plane, which the drug traffickers bought and have stored there. Not one, but two missiles. We know who they are, but we have to act," Petro said - without presenting evidence - during the possession of the new director of Colombia's national police.

(Reporting by Luis Jaime Acosta; Writing by Oliver Griffin)