Gustavo Petro remembered having asked Colombians who are illegal in the US to return to the country as soon as
The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, greeted the arrival of the first two deportation flights to Venezuela, from the United States, highlighting that they arrived “without wives” to the territory.
Through their social networksPetro reiterated his position that migrants must be treated with dignity and recalled having asked Colombians who are illegal in the US to return to the country as soon as the country, highlighting that the consulates were expanded to give all the necessary information to their nationals.
Good for Venezuelan migrants who return without wives to their country from the US.
The migrant must be treated with dignity.
The pride of being Colombian and Colombian must be carried by the world. Without any penalty.
Ask all the Colombianity without papers in the US to return. pic.twitter.com/zkqb98nqyx
– Gustavo Petro (@Petrogustavo) February 11, 2025
The issue of treatment of migrants was a flag that Gustavo Petro lifted in recent days that caused an impasse with the administration of Donald Trump that, if not being treated by diplomatic teams, would have ended in imposition of tariffs by Washington and The indefinite suspension of visa extension at the US Consulate in Bogotá.
In the night of the Monday, February 10 Two flights arrived in the country, from the United States, with a first group of 190 Venezuelan migrants deported from that country; This as part of the new agreement reached between Nicolás Maduro and the special envoy of the White House, Richard Grenelll.
*Also read: Petro asked to return to Colombia to nationals in the US who are illegal
Maduro, on his weekly television program, indicated that the flights were made by the conviasa state airline – as it transcended the meeting with Grenelll – and pointed out that this is part of his so -called “zero agenda”, with which he seeks ” Normalize »relations with Washington.
In that sense, he revealed that one of the issues discussed with the US official was to “demand” the US to lift the sanctions in order to improve economic conditions and prevent the migratory flow from directed to the north and said that these people left for alleged campaigns promoted by the opposition.
*Journalism in Venezuela is exercised in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments arranged for the punishment of the word, especially the laws “against hatred”, “against fascism” and “against blockade.” This content is being published taking into account the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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