According to Petro, the country has already forced US military plan with Colombian migrants, without giving any additional details.
The Colombian president is the latest in the line of South American leaders to breathe his dissatisfaction with the mass deportations that US President Donald Trump has promised to implement.
Following President Petro’s decision, Donald Trump went out on Truth Social, claiming that Petro had “compromised US national security” and listed several consequences that this decision will have.
The measures include tariffs of 25 percent for all Colombian goods, which will be increased to 50 percent in a week. In addition, travel bans and visas are introduced for Colombian officials and their supporters.
“These measures are just the beginning. We will take to allow the Colombian government to violate its legal guilty guilty when it comes to receiving and returning the criminals they have forced to the United States! ”, Trump concludes.
Threatened to throw out US military
Already on Sunday night reported El ColombianoWith reference to sources, that the United States, starting on Monday, will stop all visa applications at the embassy in Colombia’s capital Bogotá.
Brazil’s government criticized the United States for a “degrading” treatment of Brazilian migrants expelled. Travelers were forced to carry handcuffs, which was a “flagrant breach” of fundamental rights, according to the Brazilian government.
Hondura’s President, Xiomare Castro, ended earlier in January by throwing out the US military from a base that they have operated from for decades, if Donald Trump were to proceed with their plans for mass deportations, writes NEW.
Denied aircraft to land
Mexico went a long time when on Friday refused to let an American military aircraft with migrants land in Mexico.
At the same time, the country is preparing to receive thousands of people who are expected to recycle after their asylum cases were canceled in connection with Donald Trump becoming president earlier this week.
In several border towns in northern Mexico, giant tents have been built up where Mexicans, in addition to roofs over their heads, also gain access to food, care and help in getting ID documents.