Trump is using Colombia as an example on deportation

27/1/2025 6:04

U.S. President Donald Trump is

using Colombia as an example to tell the world what would happen

if other countries refuse to accept deportation flights, a White

House source told Reuters on Sunday.



Trump said earlier on Sunday he would impose sweeping

retaliatory measures on Colombia, including tariffs and

sanctions, after the South American country turned away two U.S.

military aircraft with migrants being deported as part of the

new U.S. administration's immigration crackdown.



"Absolutely. Yes. Countries have an obligation to accept

repatriation flights," the source said when asked if Trump was

using Colombia to set an example. "The United States is simply

sending back the criminals that Colombia sent to the United

States."