HER TRUTH TELLING DIDN"T LAST LONG!!LOL
Two Colombian air force jets carrying migrants deported from the U.S.
landed in the Andean nation early Tuesday, its government said, meaning the White House’s
earlier declaration that Colombia acceded to all of President Donald Trump’s demands was a farce.
In a social media post, Colombian President Gustavo Petro shared
two photos of himself and the migrants on the country’s aircrafts.
“Our compatriots come from the US free, dignified, without being handcuffed,” he wrote, according to an English translation. “The migrant is not a criminal, he is a free human person.”
News that the migrants were transported back to Colombia via air force plane and not using U.S. military planes suggests that the South American nation didn’t acquiesce to all of the president’s demands.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro
After Trump
threatened the country with hefty tariffs, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt
said on Sunday that Colombia had accepted “all of President Trump’s terms,” including deporting the migrants “on U.S. military aircraft, without limitation or delay.”
But as the
BBC reports, “Diplomats from both countries
reached a deal which has seen Colombia send its own air force planes to collect the migrants” (emphasis added).
This move gave Petro more control over the way Colombian citizens were returned home—which was what he wanted the entire time. Petro had argued that using American military jets was inhumane and that the migrants shouldn’t be treated like criminals.
Trump, however, was adamant that the immigrants be returned and expressed annoyance at Petro’s demands. Early on Sunday, when the Colombian president refused to let two U.S. military planes carrying migrants land, Trump
threatened the nation with 25% tariffs.
According to
Bloomberg, which cited a U.S. official familiar with the Trump administration’s plans, the White House still expects to use military flights “on an as-needed basis” to deport people to Colombia over the next few weeks.