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On the plane they didn't give us water, we were tied hands and feet, they wouldn't even let us go to the bathroom."
Edgar Da Silva Moura, a 31-year-old computer technician who was among the 88 deported migrants, told AFP
Your blockade does not scare me, because Colombia, besides being the country of beauty, is the heart of the world,
he said
We will support everyone at the federal, state, and local levels who joins this critical mission to take back our communities,
Bove said in a statement
I said to him, ‘I’d love for you to take on more because I’m looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now, and it’s a mess,’
Trump told reportersWe are the opposite of the Nazis,
he wrote in a post on social media platform X
These measures are just the beginning. We will not allow the Colombian Government to violate its legal obligations with regard to the acceptance and return of the Criminals they forced into the United States!"
Trump said
I was just informed that two repatriation flights from the United States, with a large number of Illegal Criminals, were not allowed to land in Colombia. This order was given by Colombia's Socialist President Gustavo Petro, who is already very unpopular amongst his people,
an outraged Trump said on Truth Social, a media platform owned by him
We have overcome the impasse with the U.S. government".
In a statement late on Sunday, Colombian Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo said
Today's events make clear to the world that America is respected again,
it added
Today's events make clear to the world that America is respected again. President Trump will continue to fiercely protect our nation's sovereignty, and he expects all other nations of the world to fully cooperate in accepting the deportation of their citizens illegally present in the United States,
the statement addedThe Government of Colombia has agreed to all of President Trump's terms, including the unrestricted acceptance of all illegal aliens from Colombia returned from the United States, including on U.S. military aircraft, without limitation or delay,
What they're saying ... Leavitt said in a statement
Based on this agreement, the fully drafted IEEPA tariffs and sanctions will be held in reserve, and not signed, unless Colombia fails to honor this agreement,
she saidA migrant is not a criminal and must be treated with the dignity that a human being deserves,
Petro said
These measures are just the beginning,
Trump had written on his social media platform Truth SocialWe will continue receiving Colombians who return as deportees,
he said
American products whose price will rise within the national economy must be replaced by national production, and the government will help in this regard,
he continuedThis measure is in response to the government’s commitment to guarantee dignified conditions. In no way have Colombians, as patriots and subjects of rights, been or will be banished from Colombian territory,
the statement continued
That is why I ordered the return of US military planes carrying Colombian migrants,
Petro wrote, sharing a video of Brazilian deportees who had been flown out of the US on Friday, shackled at the wrists and anklesThe US must establish a protocol for the dignified treatment of migrants before we accept their return.”
In an earlier post, Petro had already writtenI cannot force migrants to remain in a country that does not want them. But if that country returns them, it must be with dignity and respect – for both them and our nation. In civilian planes, and without treating them like criminals, we will welcome our compatriots. Colombia deserves respect,
He added ... wrote the president