Narco-Trafficantes

Bartlet identifies narco-trafficantes as the group running Colombia's Parliament, forcing a policy dilemma during Air Force One discussions. Staffers brief him on recertifying Colombia as a drug war ally despite this infiltration. Bartlet calls the approval pro forma—necessary to keep Colombia cooperative rather than hostile. Their control underscores tensions between U.S. anti-drug goals and geopolitical pragmatism.