The Colombian president said he would send his own plane to pick up deportees.
This combination of pictures created on January 26, 2025 shows President Donald Trump in Las Vegas, Nev.,Jan. 25, 2025, and Colombian President Gustavo Petro in Bogota, May 31, 2024.against Colombia on his social media platform on Sunday after two U.S. military repatriation flights carrying undocumented immigrants were not allowed to land there.
Trump also said he has ordered his administration to place an emergency 25% tariff on goods coming into the United States from Colombia, and he threatened to raise it in a week to 50%. Citing national security, Trump added that he would also enhance Customs and Border Protection Inspections of all Colombian nationals and Colombian cargo.
The Colombia Foreign Ministry confirmed to ABC News that two U.S. military aircraft had been blocked from landing in Colombia on Sunday. It was not immediately clear if all 160 passengers aboard the flights were Colombian citizens. Like Colombia, Mexico does not have a problem with contracted civilian aircraft carrying out the flights, the official said, and those are what the Department of Homeland Security typically uses.on Sunday with Martha Raddatz -- ABC News' chief global affairs correspondent and a co-anchor of "This Week" -- Trump's "border czar," Tom Homan, discussed what would happen to countries that won't take the undocumented immigrants back.
"It is the responsibility of each nation to take back their citizens who are illegally present in the United States in a serious and expeditious manner," Rubio wrote. "Colombian President Petro had authorized flights and provided all needed authorizations and then canceled his authorization when the planes were in the air. As demonstrated by today's actions, we are unwavering in our commitment to end illegal immigration and bolster America's border security.
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