After he faltered with the United States on the edge of a total trade war, Colombia welcomed his first flights of deported illegal immigrants, with his president who ushered in their “worthy” return and insisted that they are not criminals.
The arrivals take place only two days later President Donald Trump Endangered paralyzing rates and sanctions against Colombia to punish the country for a refusal to accept military flights that deportees bear as part of his radical immigration hook.
Two Colombian air force aircraft with deported Colombian nationals arrived early on Tuesday in Bogota, Reuters reported, referring to local media.
One plane, flying from San Diego, California, brought 110 Colombians home and the other who left El Paso, Texas, brought home 91, said the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on X.
President Donald Trump and deported migrants in Colombia. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images | Colombian government.)
“They are Colombians, they are free and worthy and they are in their home country where they are loved,” wrote President Gustavo Petro, on X with images of the migrants who take a flight off board.
“The migrant is not a criminal, he is a person who wants to work and want to make progress, to live life.”
The Colombian government greeted the proceeds while Petro fulfilled its obligations and said it is working on a “structured and accessible credit plan” to support the reintegration of the migrants.
This weekend, American officials sent two flights from Colombian illegal aliens as part of The current deportation program of Trump. Petro rejected the flights and wrote that the US cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals. “
Trump immediately hit back and wrote in a social function of the truth that he would draw 25% rates for all goods from Colombia, a travel ban on Colombian government officials and other steep financial sanctions. He said that the rates would reach up to 50% next week and insisted that the migrants who were sent back were ‘illegal criminals’.
In the beginning, Petro took revenge with his own 25% rates for American goods coming from Colombia. Petro had insisted that he would not accept the return of migrants who were not treated with “dignity and respect” and who had arrived or arrived at military planes.
President Donald Trump sparkled together with Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday about deporting illegal migrants. (Getty Images)
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But in the midst of intense political pressure from within his own government, the former Marxist Guerrilla hunter agreed to all American demands.
The White House confirmed on Sunday that the president of Colombia was allowed “to all the conditions of President Trump, including the unlimited acceptance of everyone illegal aliens From Colombia returned from the United States, including US military aircraft, without a disability or delay, ”
President Trump greeted it as a victory for his “F — Rond and Discover” (Fafo) style of rule.
After the debacle, the 47th President placed a festive AI-generated image of himself dressed as a gangster next to a sign with the text ‘Fafo’.
Colombians deported from the United States arrive at El Dorado International Airport in Bogota. (Reuters/Luisa Gonzalez)
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Trump officers welcomed the deal as a victory and said Trump Used Colombia As an example of American power, while Colombian officials have said that the agreement is a victory for both parties. Dozens of frustrated Colombians had canceled long -awaited visa agreements at the American embassy in Bogota on Monday.
Colombia is one of the best recipients of American help in the world because of a security partner. Since 2000, Colombia has received more than $ 13 billion in foreign help from the Defense departments And state and of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), largely focused on the efforts of Counternarcotics, continuous implementation of the Peace Agreement of the 2016 Peace Agreement with the FARC Rebel Group, integration of Venezuelan migrants and refugees and environmental programs.
Fox News’ Morgan Phillips, Andrea Margolis, Bill Melugin, Lorraine Taylor, Landon Mion and Reuters have contributed to this report.
