US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he had ordered a series of retaliations, including tariffs, against Colombia, which turned back military planes carrying irregular migrants expelled by the United States.
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Donald Trump affirmed on his social network Truth that he had ordered, in reaction to the decision of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, “decisive emergency retaliatory measures”.
-These include a 25% tariff on all Colombian goods entering the United States, which will be increased to 50% in a week, as well as a travel ban on Colombian government officials, he said. .
The Colombian government, for its part, announced on Sunday that it would send its presidential plane to the United States to transport “dignifiedly” the illegal immigrants whom the Trump administration wanted to expel earlier in military planes and from whom Bogota refused to allow them. ‘entrance.
“The Government of Colombia, under the leadership of President Gustavo Petro, made the presidential plane available to facilitate the dignified return of nationals who were to arrive in the country this morning, through expulsion flights,” said the presidency in a press release sent to the press.
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