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Trump publicizes ‘retaliatory measures’ after Colombia refuses to simply accept deported migrant flight

By Editorial Board Published January 27, 2025 5 Min Read
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Trump publicizes ‘retaliatory measures’ after Colombia refuses to simply accept deported migrant flight

Donald Trump says he’ll retaliate with “urgent and decisive” measures after
Colombia turned away two US army planes carrying deported migrants.

The US chief stated Colombian president Gustavo Petro’s motion “jeopardised the national security and public safety of the United States” in an announcement on Reality Social.

The retaliatory measures embrace 25% emergency tariffs on Colombian items, a journey ban and visa sanctions on members and supporters of the Colombian authorities and enhanced border inspections on all Colombian nationals and cargo.

Present monetary sanctions will even be totally imposed, in keeping with Mr Trump and in a single week, the 25% tariffs shall be raised to 50%.

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Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro. File pic: AP

In response, the Colombian president stated he would impose 50% tariffs on items from the US, telling Mr Trump in a submit on X: “Your blockade does not scare me, because Colombia, besides being the country of beauty, is the heart of the world.”

“These measures are just the beginning,” President Trump wrote when he introduced the measures.

“We will not allow the Colombian government to violate its legal obligations with regard to the acceptance and return of the criminals they forced into the United States!”

His submit was rapidly adopted by an AI-generated picture displaying the president in a fedora hat, alongside an indication studying FAFO, which often stands for “f*** around, find out”.

President Petro stated Colombia would welcome house deported migrants in the event that they got here on civilian planes, saying they need to be handled with dignity and respect.

“The US cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals,” Mr Petro wrote on X, noting that there have been 15,660 People with out correct immigration standing in Colombia.

Colombia’s determination to dam army migrant flights follows an analogous one by Mexico, which refused a request to let a US army plane land with migrants on Thursday.

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On Saturday, Brazil’s international ministry condemned the “degrading treatment” of Brazilians after migrants had been handcuffed on a industrial deportation flight.

Brazilian officers ordered the removing of {the handcuffs} when the aircraft landed and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva designated a Brazilian Air Power (FAB) flight to finish their journey, the federal government stated in an announcement on Saturday.

Utilizing army plane to hold out deportation flights is a response to Mr Trump’s nationwide emergency declaration on immigration on Monday.

Though US army plane have been utilized in emergencies just like the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, that is the primary time in current reminiscence they have been used to fly migrants overseas, one US official stated.

Navy plane carried out two comparable flights, every with about 80 migrants, to Guatemala on Friday.

US officers didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.

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