President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that Colombia refused to enter the U.S. military forced flights to Colombia, taking drastic retaliation measures, including tariffs and visa sanctions.
“These measures are just the beginning. We do not allow the Colombian government to violate the legal obligations on the acceptance and repatriation of criminals who have been taken to the United States!” Mr. Trump wrote in Truth Social. 。
The Ministry of Land Security and the Officials of the Pentagon acknowledged NBC News that the flight had been rejected.
The flight was implemented by the US military C-17 aircraft, and Defense officials told NBC News that they left California with about 80 Colombian immigrants.
In response, President Trump has accused the United States that Colombia has violated the duty of forced repatriates, so customs duties from Colombia, visa sanctions on highly government officials and allies, and customs testing. Extractive retaliation measures, including fines, were announced in the truth.
President Trump justified Measures by President Gustabo wrote that “Petro’s refusal to fly in danger of the United States’ national security and public security.”
He added that tariffs on imports from Colombia began with 25 % of all items and raised to 50 % within a week.
President Trump includes retaliation measures include “banning and recovering promptly visa for the Colombian government officials and all allies and supporters, as well as” visa sanctions for all members, families, and supporters in the Colombian government. ” I wrote that it was. “
According to the US Trade Representative, the estimated product and service trade between the United States and Colombia in 2022 was $ 53.5 billion, slightly exceeding the import.
According to the Industrial Security Bureau, the United States imported from Colombia in recent years, but the top is more than 40 % of the imports of petroleum and minerals, lime and cement, and agricultural products account for more than 26 % of imports.
According to the officials, landing was initially allowed, but the flight was stopped due to Peter suddenly canceling all diplomatic permission.
Petro’s office stated in a subsequent statement that the airplane was stopped not because he did not want to promote Colombian return to Japan, but to prioritize the “dignified conditions” for immigrants. 。
“The Colombian government has arranged a President -only aircraft to promote the dignified return of the Colombian people who were to arrive in Colombia in the morning under the guidance of President Gustavo Petro.” I mentioned. 。
“This measure is a matter of responding to the government’s promise to guarantee a state of dignity. Colombians, patriots and rights, have never been expelled from Colombian territory and will be expelled in the future. Never, I added.
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Last week, Mexico temporarily prevented the landing of two U.S. military aircraft carrying 80 passengers, frustrating the overseas expulsion plan and increasing tension. The problem has been solved, but Mexican officials have expressed opposition to the United States’s unilateral action over immigration policy.
Petro criticized the use of military aircraft for expulsion of abroad in a statement about X.
“Immigration should be treated as a human, not a criminal, but a human dignity,” he wrote. “We intend to welcome the people on a civilian without treating the people as criminals. Colombia must be respected.”
On Friday, the Brazilian government accused the Immigration Management and Customs Executive Bureau’s home -Japan repatriation machine, and guarantees the use of handcuffs, failure of air conditioning systems, and other humanitarian treatment. He gave a violation of the agreement.
According to the Guatemalan Immigration Research Institute, Guatemala accepted about 265 forced repetors on three airplanes from the United States, of which two were military aircraft.
The air service was started by the Presidential Ordinance in the first week of President Trump, part of the Trump administration’s illegal immigration crackdown. In parallel with the expulsion of abroad, the government has dispatched 1,500 additional troops on the border between the United States and Mexico to strengthen crackdowns.
