The Colombian government offered to assume the cost of transport by plane and ship of its citizens that will be deported from the United Statesto ensure that it is done in “decent conditions“The Foreign Ministry reported Friday.
“To Mauricio Claver-Carone, special sent by President (Donald) Trump for Latin America, we have proposed to immediately assume the transfer of all citizens deported by the United States“, according to a press release.
“For such purposes, all air and sea transfer options are evaluated at this time“, he adds. The conditions of the transfer of Colombians motivated a diplomatic shock over the weekend. President Gustavo Petro complained about alleged abuse towards his nationals and blocked the entrance to the country of two US military planes that on Sunday they were going to land with dozens of Colombians on board.
Trump responded by imposing tariffs and threatened to withdraw the visas to the officials of the first leftist government of Colombia. The diplomatic incident was appeased hours later, when the White House assured that Colombia had accepted its conditions and threw back the measures.
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27,000 Colombians
According to Petro, thanks to their decision hundreds of Colombians, including several children, they returned to their country in conditions “worthy“. Between Tuesday and Wednesday, Colombian Air Force planes and a commercial picked up the first groups of migrants and took them back to Bogotá.
In principle the United States was going to finance the flights, but Colombia offered to pay them. A source from the presidency of Colombia told AFP that the country expects the arrival of 27,000 people whose deportation orders were signed by the Trump government and its predecessorJoe Biden, “for 6 months”
If Colombian territory arrived in 2025, it would be the largest deported figure from the United States in a single yearaccording to the records available on the Colombian Migration website. In his first interview after the crisis, Petro attacked Trump and accused him of defending a “fascist thesis” to the “criminalize“To undocumented migrants.
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“Trump’s same awareness should lead to the steps (fascism) are not repeated because if we repeat the story we repeat the conclusion of what that episode was. Criminalize a population group is a fascist thesis“Univisión told the chain.
“This attitude of criminalizing population groups to achieve the applause of a population majority is exactly the same that Hitler used with respect to the Jews“He added.
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President Gustavo Petro
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Petro said he is willing to talk about ‘you’ with the Republican on issues such as drug trafficking and anti -drug fight. “If you want to change that policy, then let’s talk. I am willing. There are thesis, there are different approaches to what is being done so far. Let’s talk about you“said the Colombian president.
The United States Embassy in Bogotá restored its consular services on Friday After a four -day suspension derived from the clash between Trump and Petro. “Today, the United States Department of State resumed the processing of immigrant and non -immigrant visas at the US embassy in Bogotá. Our commitment to work with Colombia to advance our mutual interests remains firm“He said on Network X.
The United States is the main business partner of the country and their military forces have provided a millionaire cooperation for decades to fight drug trafficking and terrorism. But last week it was known that the head of American diplomacy, Marco Rubio, ordered to freeze virtually all foreign aid, with the exception of that destined for Israel and Egypt.
A Colombian police source told AFP that 18 American helicopters -Some of them Black Hawk- with which the institution had They will cease to be operated before Trump’s executive order.
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