Gustavo Petro disallows the entry of US planes with irregular Colombian migrants and demands a dignified protocol
This Sunday, January 26, President Gustavo Petro transmitted his decision to disallow the entry of planes with irregular Colombian migrants.
Through X, the president tweeted a message at around 3:41 am in which he forcefully rejected the conditions under which they would arrive.
The arrival of irregular Colombian deportees occurs within the framework of the new policy against irregular migration implemented by the president of the United States, Donald Trump.
Petro disallows the entry of planes with Colombian migrants
At the beginning of the message, the president stated that “The US cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals” and demanded that a decent protocol be made.
“I disallow the entry of North American planes with Colombian migrants into our territory,” Gustavo Petro announced.
Furthermore, he added and pointed out: “USA.” “The United States must establish a protocol for the dignified treatment of migrants before we receive them.”
The US cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals.
I disallow the entry of North American planes with Colombian migrants into our territory.
The US must establish a protocol for the dignified treatment of migrants before we receive them.
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) January 26, 2025
Since assuming the presidency on January 20, Donald Trump showed his severe stance and signed a series of orders. Among them, promised to crack down on immigration.
Such decrees, according to ‘CNN’, “would give the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency more freedom to carry out enforcement actions in sensitive areas.”
Even, in compliance with its measures, on Friday, January 24, the arrival of the first flights from the United States to Guatemala was recorded, two operated on military aircraft and one charter, according to the Guatemalan Migration Institute (IGM).
The US President Photo:EFE
Mexico denies entry of US plane with deportees
According to information from the ‘NBC News’ channel, Mexico denied the landing of a US military plane since last Thursday, January 23.
According to the media, which cites two officials from the US Department of Defense and another person close to the event, two Air Force C-17 planes, with about 80 people on board each, left on Thursday night from USA to Guatemala. A third flight to Mexico did not take off.
The network reported that a White House official said the Mexico-bound plane had an “administrative issue” that was quickly resolved.
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