United States President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he will impose sanctions on Colombia after President Gustavo Petro refuses to receive flights from deported US immigrants on military aircraft. Among the measures, Trump announced an emergency rate of 25% over all Colombian products, the value goes to 50% in a week.
“I have just been informed that two repatriation flights from the United States, with a large number of illegal criminals were not allowed to land in Colombia,” Trump said on his social networking social network. “The refusal of these flights from Petro endangered national security and public security in the United States.”
In addition to increasing tariffs, Trump announced sanctions on the Colombian treasury and financial sector. The president also stated that he will ban trips and revoke visas to colombia government officials “and all allies and supporters.” Colombian citizens who are traveling to the United States will undergo inspections, promised Trump.
“These measures are just the beginning,” he said.
Earlier, Petro published on social network, former Twitter, which disallowed the entry of US aircraft with Colombian immigrants into its territory. “The United States cannot treat Colombian immigrants as criminals,” he said. “The United States must establish a decent treatment protocol for migrants before we receive them.”
The Colombian President said he would accept repatrias on civil planes, “without treatment of criminals.”
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During the weekend, deported Brazilians arrived from a handmade United States flight and alleging abuse and aggressions. In a note on Sunday afternoon o.
The deported were taken from Manaus (AM) to Belo Horizonte (MG) by a Brazilian Air Force plane (FAB), end of the route.
