US President, Donald Trump, has slammed 25 percent tariffs on Colombia after its president barred two military planes carrying deported migrants from landing in the country.
Colombian President, Gustavo Petro, on Sunday via his official X page, denied entry to US military planes carrying deported migrants into the country.
“The US cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals. I deny the entry of American planes carrying Colombian migrants into our territory.
“The United States must establish a protocol for the dignified treatment of migrants before we receive them,” Petro posted.
US officials on Sunday said that two military planes from San Diego were due to land in Colombia with migrant deportees, but the plans were scrapped due to complications.
Trump, while speaking on the matter in a post on Truth Social, said emergency tariffs on all goods entering the US from Colombia would be implemented immediately.
According to Trump, the 25 percent tariffs would be increased to 50 percent in a week.
The president said the US would impose a travel ban and immediate visa revocations on Colombian government officials.
Trump also said there would be visa sanctions on Colombian government supporters, and enhanced customs and border protection inspections of all Colombian nationals and cargo on national security grounds.
The US president said his administration would not allow the Colombian government to violate its legal obligations with regard to the acceptance and return of the criminals they forced into the United States.
Media Talk Africa recalls that during the campaigns for the US presidential elections, Trump had promised to carry out mass deportations of illegal migrants.
The president signed multiple executive orders related to immigration on his first day in office.
Some of Trump’s executive orders were signed to expand immigration and customs enforcement, ICE, ability to arrest and detain unlawful migrants on US soil.
