A Colombian Air Force jet was expected to land back in the country early Tuesday carrying 110 Colombians deported from the United States.
The flight from San Diego, along with another traveling from Houston back to Colombia, follows a dispute sparked Sunday when Colombian President Gustavo Petro refused to allow U.S. military planes to send deported Colombians back home.
Petro said such treatment was disrespectful. His refusal prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to threaten to impose tariffs, which Petro said he would reciprocate before the two countries announced they had reached an agreement to defuse the situation.
Petro said the Colombian Air Force flights would allow the migrants to travel home “without being handcuffed.”
While Colombia balked at the U.S. military flights, Guatemala has accepted several U.S. Air Force flights carrying Guatemalan migrants deported from the United States in recent days. The latest flight took place Monday, with 64 Guatemalans returning home.
Guatemala’s Vice President Karin Herrera said Monday she was monitoring the care and condition of migrants arriving from the United States.
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Using the Airforce C17s for this job is incredibly wasteful(on top of the cruelty of it all).