July 20, 2018
Presidential Determination
No.2018-10
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
SUBJECT: Continuation of U.S. Drug Interdiction Assistance
to the Government of Colombia
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitutionand the laws of the United States, and pursuant tothe authority vested in me by section 1012 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995, as amended (22U.S.C. 2291-4), I hereby certify, with respect to Colombia, that: (1) interdiction of aircraft reasonably suspected to be primarily engaged in illicit drug trafficking in that country's airspace is necessary, because of the extraordinary threat posed by illicit drug trafficking to the national security of that country; and (2) Colombia has appropriate procedures in place toprotect against innocent loss of life in the air and on the ground in connection with such interdiction, which includes effective means to identify and warn an aircraft before the use of force is directed against the aircraft.
The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this determination in the "Federal Register" and to notify the Congress of this determination. __
DONALD J. TRUMP