Trump announced retaliation after Colombia

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he would implement retaliation against Colombia, including tariffs and visa sanctions, after refusing to enter two American military exile flights.

“These measures are just the beginning. We will not allow the Colombian government to violate our legal obligations regarding the acceptance and withdrawal of forced criminals in the United States!” Trump has written in a true social post.

Officials of the Homeland Security Department and the Defense Department confirmed NBC News that flights were denied.

The defense officer told NBC News that flights on American military C -17 aircraft were carrying around 80 Colombian migrants and left from California, the defense officer told NBC News.

In response, Trump announced on Truthsial comprehensive repayment measures, including tariffs on colombian imports, visa ban on government officials and colleagues, customs inspection and financial penalty, as the US accused Colombia of violating its obligations have put.

Trump, while writing, justified the measures that, “(President Gustavo) The refusal of these flights of Petro has put the United States’ national security and public security in danger.”

He said that the tariff on Colombian imports will start with 25% tariff on all goods, but will increase to 50% tariff in a week.

In ventilative measures, “Columbian government officials, and all colleagues and supporters a travel ban on and immediate visa revived,” Trump wrote, “Plus,” Visa ban on all party members, family members and supporters of Colombian government. “

As Trade representative of the United StatesIn 2022, the total estimated value of goods and services between the US and Colombia was the estimated $ 53.5 billion, with the price of export slightly higher than the value of imports.

And, According to industry and security bureauIn recent years, top American imports from Colombia were oil and minerals, lime and cement, more than 40% imports, and agricultural goods, which were involved in more than 26% imports.

Initially approved for landing, Colombian President Gustavo Petro suddenly made flights the basis after the cancellation of all diplomatic approval for the aircraft.

Later in a statement, Petro’s office wrote that the flights did not stop as they did not want to provide the withdrawal of the colombians in their country, but because the government was giving priority to the “dignified conditions” for the migrants.

The statement said that the Columbia government led by President Gustavo Petro, arranged for the President’s aircraft to provide a dignified return of Colombian citizens, who were to come to the country in the morning hours this morning. ,

The statement said, “This remedy responds to the government’s commitment to guarantee dignified circumstances. In any way Colombians have disappeared from the Colombian region, as the subjects of patriots and rights, as subjects of rights and rights. Or they will be disappeared. “

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It comes after Mexico temporarily blocked two American aircraft with 80 passengers By descending last week, disappointing and stressful stress of exile plans. While the issue was later resolved, Mexican officials have expressed opposition to unilateral functions of the United States around the immigration policy.

In a statement shared on X, Petro criticized the use of military aircraft for exile.

“A migrant is not a criminal and should be treated with dignity that deserves a human,” he wrote. “We will receive our citizens in civilian airplanes, without treating them as criminals. Colombia should be respected. ,

The Brazilian government condemned that it is considered a derogatory treatment of its citizens who were on an ice repatriation flight on Friday, using handcuffs, a broken air conditioning system and other violations of a bilateral agreement , Which ensures human treatment.

According to the Guatemele Migration Institute, Guatemala received about 265 deported citizens on three flights from the US, two of which were military aircraft.

Flights are part of the action on the illegal immigration of the Trump administration, which were initiated through executive orders during the first week of Trump in the office. With exile efforts, the administration has deployed additional 1,500 soldiers along the US-Maxico border to strengthen enforcement.