Trump imposes 25% tariffs on Colombia as deported migrant flights were denied

US President Donald Trump has stated that he would impose 25% tariffs and restrictions on Colombia when his President stopped two American military aircraft after taking out the exile from landing into the country.

Trump said that “emergency tariff” would be “immediately” placed on all the items coming from Colombia to the US, and 25% tariffs in a week would be increased by 50%.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro earlier said on Sunday that he had denied the US military aircraft to carry out the exiled migrants on Colombian soil.

Petro said that he would “get our fellow citizens on civilian aircraft, without behaving them like criminals and said that migrants should be returned” with dignity and respect “.

US authorities told BBC American partner, CBS News that two military aircraft of San Diego were due to land with migrant exile in Colombia on Sunday, but those plans were scattered due to complications.

In response, Trump announced “immediate and decisive ventilative measures” in a post on truth. He said that the US would implement a travel ban on Colombian government officials as well as its colleagues and supporters and “immediate visa revives”.

Trump also stated that there would be visa restrictions on supporters of the Colombian government, and “Customs and Border Security inspection of Cargo on all Colombian citizens and national security basis”.

“These measures are just the beginning,” Trump said, his administration will not allow the Colombian government “to violate his legal obligations in connection with the acceptance and withdrawal of forced criminals in the United States”.

The US imports about 20% of its coffee – approximately $ 2BN – from Colombia, as well as other items such as bananas, crude oils, avocados and flowers.

The tariff will make it more expensive – if passed on the consumer – it means that the prices of coffee may increase.

It is very important to ban the Colombian government and its supporters, and breakdown in diplomatic relations.

For Deputy Secretary of Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau, Trump’s own pick of his own pick has argued that “working with other countries to prevent such a migrant flow should be” “the global mandatory of US foreign policy”.

Every year from the world, thousands of migrants from India to China every year go to the US north after entering South America and passing through Colombia, usually facilitated by criminal gangs.

The move would not doubt that it would be difficult for Trump’s administration to work with Colombia to stop it.

Also on Sunday, Petro said that more than 15,666 Americans were illegally in Colombia – a figure is not able to verify the BBC independently.

Petro said that unlike the Trump administration, they would be seen raiding “sometimes” to return illegal American migrants.

Trump’s administration has vowed to “exile”, there is a fight between the two countries. The President signed several executive orders related to immigration on his first day in the office.

Some executive orders of Trump were signed with the ability to arrest and detain illegal migrants on American soil with the aim of expanding immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) capacity.

White House spokesman Karolin Levitt said 538 arrests were held on Thursday alone.

For comparison, Ice detained more than 149,700 people in the financial year of 2024 under the Biden administration, which is equivalent to an average of 409 per day.

Trump declared a national emergency along the Mexico border, ordered the officials to denounce the rights of citizenship to the children of migrants in the US illegally or on temporary visas and again the policy of “living in Mexico” from his first term again Applied from

On Saturday, US vice -president JD Vance told CBS Face the Nation that he supports “law enforcement against violent criminals”.

“Just because we were established by migrants, this does not mean that we have the most humble immigration policy in the world after 240 years,” he told CBS’s Margaret Brainon.

Tom Homan, Trump’s “Border Zar” told ABC News on Sunday that the army is currently on the US-Maxico border that is helping to build infrastructure to secure departure flights and border on military aircraft.

“It is sending a strong signal to the world: our limit is closed,” he said.

Trump campaigned on securing the southern border and reducing the number of unspecified migrants entering the US.

Additional Reporting by ione Wales