US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he was ordering punitive fees and travel restrictions on Colombia, among other retaliation.
Measures include imposing 25% tariffs on all column goods coming to the United States, which will increase by 50% in a week; Travel ban and visa cancellation on Colombian government officials; And emergency treasury, banking and financial restrictions.
The step was taken by Colombia refusing to allow landing for at least two US exile flights.
Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social, “These remedies are just the beginning.” “We will not allow the Colombian government to violate their legal obligations in relation to the acceptance and return of criminals that they forced in the United States.”
Migrants should be treated ‘dignified’ – Colombian president
Earlier on Sunday, the Colombian President Gustavo Petro said that flights carrying exile from the US would not be accepted until the Trump administration establishes protocols that “respectable” treat people.
Petro said, “He is not a migrant criminal and should be treated with the same honor that a human being deserves.” “So I returned it
American military aircraft that were carrying Colombian migrants. “
Petro said that Colombians coming from citizens aircraft in their country would be welcomed “without behaving like criminals”.
Flights landing in Guatemala, Honduras
Trump’s election promises also included tightening of those who illegally entered the US.
Two C-17 cargo aircraft of the Air Force reached Guatemala on Friday morning with migrants expelled from the US.
On the same day, Honduras received two exile flights to a total of 193 people.
According to the advocacy group witness data on the border, Colombia accepted 475 exile flights from the United States from 2020 to 2024, which ranks fifth after Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Al Salvador.
It accepted 124 exile flights in 2024.
KB/DJ (DPA, AFP, Reuters)