Trump threatens Colombia after the tariffs are required to accept the deportation flight

Under the threat of President Trump (including high tariffs), Colombian President Gustov Petro softened and will allow U.S. military aircraft to be deported to the country. Previously, he refused to be of so -called inhuman treatment. Two transport aircraft.

On Sunday, two leaders launched a saliva war to prevent Trump from using Military Aircraft to expel thousands of unauthorized immigrants.

However, on Sunday evening, the White House issued a statement saying that because Petro had agreed with all its terms, Trump’s threat tariffs and sanctions would “retain”. The statement states that other punishments such as visa sanctions will continue to be effective until the first batch of deported people arrived in Colombia.

“Today’s incident shows to the world that the United States has been respected again,” it added.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Columbia subsequently issued a statement saying that “we have broken the deadlock with the US government.” The statement said that the government would accept all expelled flights and “guarantee the conditions for dignity.”

Mr. Petro announced at the beginning of the day that he had driven back to the US military aircraft that was expelled from immigration. This triggered a fierce dispute with Trump. Trump subsequently announced that it had implemented a series of tariffs and sanctions on the country, and the country has long been the top ally in the United States in Latin America.

Trump said in a community media that the United States will immediately levy a 25%tariff on all imported products in Colombia and increase tariffs to 50%after a week. The president said that the Trump administration will also sanction on Columbia’s “comprehensive implementation” banks and financial sanctions to impose a travel ban on Columbia government officials and colleagues and revoke their visas.

Mr. Petro counterattacked on the community media. In a post, he announced a 25% retaliatory tariff on imported goods in Colombia; in another long post, he said that the tariff would reach 50%.

Petro also questioned Trump directly, questioning whether the US president tried to overthrow him.

“You don’t like our freedom, okay,” Mr. Petro said. “I won’t shook hands with the white slave owner.”

This conflict reflects that when all countries around the world are working hard to expel illegal immigrants he promised, Trump is preparing to take Columbia as an example.

Wil Freman, a Latin American researcher at the US Foreign Relations Commission, said, “This seems to be a bold upgrade of the two parties.” He pointed out that Colombia relies on the United States economically, and the United States is still the largest trading country in South America. Although China has made progress, it is still a partner.

“But the same, Trump threatened Colombia in this way,” Mr. Frima added. “This is because Colombia’s history is still the oldest and deepest strategic allies in the region.”

Trump signed an administrative order last week to authorize the US military to help ensure the security of the border. The Ministry of Defense stated that he would use a military aircraft to expel people who were detained by the United States by the southern border by the southern border.

Petro said in a series of stickers on Sunday that Colombia would not accept military deportation from the United States before the Trump administration provided “dignity and respect”.

“I can’t let immigrants stay in a country that doesn’t want them,” Petro wrote. “But if that country repatriates them, they should respect them and our country.”

He said he was still willing to accept the deporte of non -military flights.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated in a statement, “Colombian President Petro has authorized to fly and provides all necessary authorization, and then the plane is canceled when the plane is in the air.”

Petro’s office said that the presidential plane will be used to transport immigrants to the original military aircraft. Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Columbia did not immediately respond to the criteria.

A U.S. military official said on Sunday that the direct obstacle facing the expedition to the flight seemed to be that the U.S. military aircraft was transporting unlicensed immigrants.

The two US planes who were rejected in Colombia were Air Force C-17 transport aircraft. One was turned around and returned to Sanctuae; the other returned to Sanctuae. The other flew back to Texas.

Mr. Petro’s remarks are a response to a post on the treatment of Brazil. On Friday, after 88 immigrants wearing handcuffs arrived in Brazil, the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs complained that citizens of the country were “treated with humiliation”. Some of them complained that they did not give water or use bathrooms during the flight to be abused.

Since taking office last Monday, Trump issued a series of administrative orders and adopted other measures to lay the foundation for the expeling a large number of immigrants.

Trump’s letter in the community said that the former left -wing guerrilla member Peter Luo as “socialist” -Wh Peter Luo used this word to describe that he had no problem -and claimed that Mr. Peter Luo was “socialist. “” “. Very unpopular. “Petro’s support rate was about 34%, because the corruption scandal and the fighting group between the armed groups burned the pressure to him.

In order to prove that the measures for Colombia were reasonable, Trump also claimed that the military expelction aircraft that refused to land in Petro, including “a large number of illegal criminals,” and the United States was seeking “repatriation of them who forcibly brought them into the United States.

Trump’s threatened U.S. tariffs will cause a major blow to Colombian economy. The United States is Colombia’s largest trading partner, and the main products exported to the US market to the US market include crude oil, coffee and cut flowers.

In 2022, the total trade between the two countries was US $ 53.5 billion, and the US trade surplus was 3.9 billion US dollars. Colombia is the largest market in South America in South America. It absorbs the import of American pork, dairy products, alcoholic beverages, dog food and cat food.

Petro also paid attention to Americans living in Colombia, saying that more than 15,000 Americans lived in the country without authorization and called on them to “regulate” their immigration status.

Colombia is not one of the countries with the largest number of illegal immigrants in the United States, and it is far behind Mexico, Salvador, India, Guadimara and Hongdu. According to the latest data from the Pew Research Center, in 2022, Mexicans are still the most common nationality among the illegal immigrants in the United States, about 4 million, while Colombia has about 190,000.

Colombian has traditionally been a close ally in the United States, although there have been differences in anti -drug policies recently. Columbia Political Analysts Cergio Gutzman said that although Petro has criticized the United States more than the past, he continued to cooperate with the United States and regularly accepts expelling flights.

Gutzman said earlier on Sunday that this was why “this new method is so surprising.”

Petro took office in 2022 and is the first left -wing president in Colombia and a long -term leader in Colombian politics. It is famous for its good standpoint, especially in defending human rights.

He was a rebels, and later became a senator. His critics said that he was sometimes reckless and refused to listen to the consultant’s opinions.

For a long time, he has been criticizing the overgrown power that the United States has in the world, especially the economic imbalance between the United States and other countries.

In addition to the regular flight operating by ICE, the Trump administration will also dispatch military planes, which means that they will not replace typical flights that have landed several times in the region every week. Petro mentioned it in his online post. This is the “civil” aircraft on Sunday.

The new aircraft sent by the military can take off from the United States only with the approval of national approval.

It is unclear which countries may agree to receive military aircraft with expelled those who have been expelled.

Earlier on Friday, Guatemala received two US Air Force aircraft, with a total of about 160 deported people, making it one of the first batch of countries to publicly receive such flights.

Mexico is the source of the largest number of illegal immigrants in the United States. Officials of the country said they still have an open attitude towards receiving expelled citizens. In recent days, a routine deportation has occurred in Mexican cities along the US border.

However, the Mexican authorities have not disclosed whether it is planning to accept military flights, nor has it received the deported immigrants from other countries as Mexico’s past sometimes did.

On Friday, the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) reported that Mexico refused to authorize a military aircraft to transport the United States to be expelled in the United States, and this statement could not be confirmed independently.

Honduras, like Colombia, opposed the Trump administration’s large -scale deportation plan. The country said that it has not been clearly required by US officials, but is open to accepting military flights.

Eric Schmidt Reports from Washington, Jack Nakas From Rio de Janeiro, Julie Tacovitz From Boge University, and Joey Garcia From Guatemala, Guatemara City.