Colombian President Gustavo Petro will now accept flights carrying deported migrants from the US after Donald Trump threatened tariffs and sanctions on the South American country if it refused to co-operate.
Colombia will now accept repatriation flights from the US after President Donald Trump threatened to hit the South American country with massive emergency tariffs if it refused to co-operate.
Colombia has backed down on barring repatriation flights from the US carrying illegal aliens after US President Donald Trump threatened to hit the South American country with hefty sanctions. Picture: Win McNamee/Getty Images “This order was given by Colombia’s Socialist President Gustavo Petro, who is already very unpopular amongst his people.
He also threatened a travel ban and an immediate visa revocation on Colombian government officials, allies and supporters. A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the military aircraft had departed California and were en route to Colombia when Bogota pulled the permissions to land.
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