It was a turbulent back and forth between Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro and his US colleague Donald Trump. Petro had failed to land with Colombian migrants on Sunday. “A migrant is not a criminal and should be treated with the dignity that a human being deserves. That is why I had the US military aircraft that transported Colombian migrants back,” said Petro on the platform X.
He could not force migrants to stay in a country that she does not want, he continued, “but if this country sends her back, it should do so with dignity and respect for her and for our country”. Colombia will “accommodate his nationals in civil aircraft without treating them as criminals.”
US President Donald Trump immediately announced hard retaliation-then Petro steered.
Trump wants to impose Notölle against goods from Colombia
Trump had threatened to impose so -called emergency oils of 25 percent on all goods from Colombia that would be introduced to the United States. In a week, tariffs would be increased to 50 percent. In addition, he is said to have ordered an entry ban and an immediate visa withdrawal for Colombian government officials. There are also reinforced customs and border protection controls for all Colombian nationals and goods for reasons of national security.
un migrant no es un delincuente y debe ser tratado con la dignidad que un ser humano merence. < br>
por eso hice devolver los aviones militares estadofses que venían con migrantes colombianos. pero si es país… https://t.co/u1mmmmmwrnio1
& mdash; Gustavo Petro (@Petrogustavo) January 26, 2025 Blockquote>
Petros’s refusal to land the flights to Colombia endangered “the national and public security of the United States,” wrote the Republican Trump. “We will not allow the Colombian government to violate its legal obligations regarding the admission and return of the criminals inserted into the United States!”
Colombia’s President Petro distracts
Finally, Colombia’s President Klein gave. The government would provide the presidential aircraft to “enable the decent return of the Colombian nationals,” said Petros office. Active discussions would be held with the US government to make agreements “that ensure a minimum level of respect and human-ranging treatment of the nationals during the deportation procedure,” it said.
Trump’s deportation measures only roll on
Trump’s government had promoted the arrest and deportation of migrants without a residence permit in the past few days. So far, however, the actions have remained behind what the president and his people had announced as a never -ending deportation program.
Previously, the Brazilian government had already complained about the “degrading” treatment of dozens of migrants that had been deported to the city of Belo Horizons from the United States. The flight made an intermediate landing in the city of Manaus when the government learned about the conditions. The migrants were captivated by hands and feet and the aircraft’s air conditioning was defective, as Brazil’s Foreign Ministry said. The migrants were then removed and they were transported on in a Brazilian Air Force aircraft.
President Donald Trump’s new US government has announced tremendous “mass deportation” of migrants without a residence permit. Hundreds have already been deported to military aircraft, the spokeswoman for the White House, Karoline Leavitt, said.
Note: This article has been updated several times.