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President Donald Trump has threatened Colombia with “decisive retaliatory measures” after two “repatriation flights” weren’t allowed to land within the nation, the commander-in-chief wrote on Fact Social on Sunday.
“I was just informed that two repatriation flights from the United States, with a large number of Illegal Criminals, were not allowed to land in Colombia,” Trump wrote on the social media platform. “This order was given by Colombia’s Socialist President Gustavo Petro, who is already very unpopular amongst his people.”
He added: “Petro’s denial of these flights has jeopardized the National Security and Public Safety of the United States, so I have directed my Administration to immediately take … urgent and decisive retaliatory measures.”
Trump went on to say that the U.S. authorities will impose 25 % tariffs on Colombia on “all goods” going to the U.S. In per week, these tariffs can be raised to 50 %, the president claimed.
The president added {that a} journey ban and visa revocations can be imposed on Colombian authorities officers, in addition to “all allies and supporters.”
He additionally mentioned that “visa sanctions” could be imposed on “all Party Members, Family Members, and Supporters of the Colombian Government.”
The American president went on to vow that there could be “Enhanced Customs and Border Protection Inspections of all Colombian Nationals and Cargo on national security grounds.”
Trump additionally famous that monetary sanctions could be “fully imposed.”
“These measures are just the beginning. 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!” Trump concluded.
This comes after Petro mentioned in a sequence of posts on X that Colombia wouldn’t settle for army deportation flights from the U.S. till the Trump White Home units up a course of to deal with Colombian migrants with “dignity and respect.”
Petro famous that Colombia had already turned away army flights with Colombian deportees.
“I cannot make migrants stay in a country that does not want them, but if that country sends them back, it should be with dignity and respect for them and for our country,” mentioned Petro.
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