The United States turned back this Sunday to a series of sanctions that planned to impose Colombia for the refusal of its government to allow the entry of military flights with deported migrants, after the South American country accepted the terms of this policy of this policy Donald Trump.
The White House announced Sunday night that the measures announced by President Trump against Colombia and officials of the leftist government announced Gustavo Petrowho blocked the entrance to Bogotá of the aircraft with repatriated claiming that their nationals were receiving ill -treatment.
He Colombian Chancellor, Luis Gilberto Murilloconfirmed minutes later at a press conference the announcement of the White House and said that his country “overcome the impasse” with the United States and accepts the terms of Trump’s repatriation policy.
The country “will continue to receive Colombians and Colombians who return as deported,” Murillo said.
The controversy rose tone during Sunday.
After the refusal of the Colombian president of allowing the landing of US aircraft with deportees, Trump announced tariffs to imports from Colombia and other measures against the ruling as travel restrictions and “immediate” visas “immediate” restrictions.
Petro responded by ordering the foreign trade portfolio that also imposes a tariff on products from the US and urged his government to “direct” exports to other countries.
So far, the Colombian government has not expressed that it has withdrawn that measure.
Foreign Minister Murillo added that Colombia “has the presidential plane to travel to the United States and transport the migrants that Trump intended to deport. The number of occupants of those flights is unknown.
-TRATO WITH “DIGNITY”-
The incident is Petro’s first clash with Trump, who assumed the presidency on January 20 with hard hand promises against irregular migration.
The Colombian leader justified his decision to prevent the entry of aircraft in X: “A migrant is not a criminal and must be treated with the dignity that a human being deserves. That is why I made the US military planes return that came with Colombian migrants. ”
The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said that Petro had authorized the flights “and then canceled his authorization when the airplanes went in the air.”
Hours later, the United States suspended the expedition of visas at its embassy in Bogotá.
“The measures will continue until Colombia fulfills the obligations to accept the return of their own citizens,” Rubio had warned in a statement.
The head of American diplomacy will travel soon to Latin America, although Colombia is not on the agenda.
The United States is the main trade partner of Colombia and its military forces have cooperated for decades in the fight against guerrillas and nacotrafficking cartels.
Amid the round trip, Petro recalled that more than 15,600 Americans living without the documentation required in Colombia “must” approach the immigration authority to “regularize their situation.”
Since Trump’s investiture, the US has deported irregular migrants to Guatemala and Brazil.
– “Flagrant contempt” –
Trump’s threats to deport millions of immigrants face him with the governments of Latin America, where most of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States come.
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro sympathized on Sunday with the Government of Colombia, in his Telegram account. “Colombia and Venezuela (…) We will know how to overcome the difficulties (…) Let’s build the prosperity of our peoples,” he wrote.
Brazil expressed its outrage on Saturday for the treatment given by the Trump administration to dozens of Brazilian immigrants deported to their country on Friday.
The Foreign Minister of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez, called “unacceptable violent, indiscriminate deportation and violating the most elementary #DDHH of illegal migrants in the US.”
The Brazilian citizens were handcuffed on the return flight, in what Brazil called “flagrant contempt” for their fundamental rights.
Several Latin American countries have promised to welcome their nationals, many of them living and working in the United States for years.
The Mexican government said it planned to open nine shelters for its citizens and three more for foreigners deported under a scheme called “Mexico hugs you.”
Honduras said he would launch a program for the deportees called “Brother Come home”, which includes solidarity aid in money, food and access to employment opportunities.
Source: Gestion
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