Colombia has denied entry to two U.S. military deportation flights, according to officials from the Department of Homeland Security and the Defense Department. The flights, carried out on U.S. military C-17 aircraft, were carrying about 80 Colombian migrants each and had departed from California, the defense official told NBC News.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would impose retaliatory measures on Colombia including tariffs, sanctions and travel after the South American country turned away two U.S. military aircraft with migrants being deported as part of Trump's immigration crackdown.
Gustavo Petro said on X that the United States should not treat Colombian migrants as criminals and that he had already turned away U.S. military flights carrying deportees.
President Donald Trump has imposed strict consequences for Colombia after it refused to accept deportation flights from the U.S.
Trump denounced Colombia's President, Gustavo Petro, for turning away US deportation flights — and announced a series of "retaliatory measures." The post JUST IN: Trump Trashes Colombia for Turning Away US Deportation Flights — Announces ‘Urgent and Decisive Retaliatory Measures’ first appeared on Mediaite.
President Donald Trump on Sunday said the United States would impose wide-ranging sanctions and impose tariffs against Colombia over its refusal to accept U.S. military aircraft with migrants being deported.
President Trump fumed on Sunday after Colombia turned back two US military flights carrying deported migrants — vowing to impose sanctions and an “emergency 25% tariff” on the South American country.
Colombia's president vowed Sunday to block US deportation flights until migrants were guaranteed "dignified treatment," escalating a row between Washington and left-wing Latin American governments over US President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said he will deny entry to the United States’s deportation flights as President Trump’s immigration plan begins. “The US cannot treat Colombian
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has announced he will block US deportation flights until migrants are guaranteed “dignified treatment,” escalating a row between Washington and left-wing Latin American governments over US President Donald Trump’s migrant crackdown.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro says that his government won't accept flights carrying migrants deported from the United States until the Trump administration creates a protocol that treats them with “dignity.
Brazil has reacted with outrage after 88 of its nationals arrived in their homeland handcuffed following their deportation from the United States. Brazil blasted Washington over its “degrading