US President Donald Trump has ordered Sunday to impose 25% tariffs to all Colombian productsafter his counterpart in the Latin American country, Gustavo Petro, refused in the last hours to accept two flights with deported nationals from the US.
“The denial of these flights by Petro has jeopardized the national and public security of the United States. In a week, 25% tariffs will rise to 50% “Trump said in a publication on his social Truth network, in which he has also announced other “urgent and decisive reprisal measures” against Colombia.
The new Trump administration has indicated that on Friday that the deportations of undocumented migrants to their countries of originbut Petro has rejected the transfer of these people to Colombia by considering that they were not receiving a “worthy” treatment.
“The US cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals. Disavowes the entry of North American airplanes With Colombian migrants to our territory, “Petro said in a message posted on his account in social network X.
In turn, Petro urged the American country to They will “dignity” To citizens: “US must establish a decent treatment protocol for migrants before we receive them.”
Before this message, Petro had published another announced the arrival of two of these flights in which he invited people to Receive the repatriated “with flags and flowers”. However, the message was erased minutes later and replaced by the final.
United States suspends visas in Bogotá
In retaliation for the refusal of the Colombian government to accept the expulsion flights of immigrants, the US Embassy in Bogotá has announced The closure of your visa section As of this Monday, January 27.
“In response to President Petro’s refusal to accept two flights with Colombian deportees, which the president had previously authorized and that They had been approved at the highest levels of the governmentthe United States Embassy in Colombia will close the visas section tomorrow. In addition, additional retaliation measures will be implemented, “sources from the embassy cited by various Colombian media have explained.
15,000 “irregular” Americans in Colombia
Once the retaliation has been announced, Petro has drawn attention to the presence of 15,660 Americans “established in Colombia irregularly.” “They must approach our immigration service to regularize their situation,” he said. In addition, he pointed out that “the American citizens who wish can be in Colombia” because he believes “in human freedom.”
Petro has also assured that they will not see “never burning a gringa flag or making a ratzia to return the illegal handcuffs to the US.” “We will never assault human libertarians. We are the opposite of the Nazis, “he argued.
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