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US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he has ordered a series of sanctions, including tariffs against Colombia, in retaliation for Bogota’s decision to turn away military planes carrying migrants deported by the United States.
A migrant is not a criminal and must be treated with the dignity that a human being deservesdeclared on X the Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who confirmed having turned back the military planes which transported the nationals.
We will welcome our nationals on civilian planes, without treating them like criminalshe added.
Donald Trump said on his network Truth Social that he had ordered decisive emergency retaliatory measures in reaction to the decision of the left-wing Colombian president Gustavo Petro of not allowing two repatriation flights from the United States with a large number of illegal criminals on board to land in Colombia.
These include 25% taxes on all Colombian goods entering the United States, which will be increased to 50% in a week, as well as a ban on entry into the United States and a revocation visas for Colombian government officials, their allies and supporters, he said, despite the free trade agreement between the two countries.
This set of sanctions also includes reinforced inspections upon entry for all Colombian nationals and all goods originating from this country for reasons of national securitysaid the American president.
These measures are just the beginninghe warned, accusing the Colombian government of avoiding its legal obligations to accept the return of criminals that Colombia forced the United States to welcome.
Late Sunday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that Washington had suspended the issuance of visas at its embassy in Colombia.
The measures will be maintained until Colombia fulfills its obligations and accepts the return of its nationalsannounced Marco Rubio in a press release.
