“The USA can not deal with Colombian migrants as criminals. I forbid entry to our territory to US planes carrying Colombian migrants,” Petro wrote on X, including they’d solely be accepted as soon as Washington had created a protocol making certain the “dignified remedy” of the migrants.
Petro added in a later submit that he had “turned again US navy planes that have been coming with Colombian migrants,” with out giving additional particulars.
AFP couldn’t instantly obtain affirmation from the USA that Colombian-bound deportation flights had been blocked.
Petro’s remarks come a day after Brazil’s authorities equally expressed outrage on the administration of recent US president Donald Trump over the remedy of dozens of Brazilians deported from the USA.
The migrants have been handcuffed on the flight in what Brazil referred to as a “flagrant disregard” for his or her fundamental rights.Petro stated he would enable in civilian US flights carrying deported migrants so long as they weren’t handled “like criminals.”