Source: Common Dreams
“After Colombian President Gustavo Petro blocked two U.S. deportation flights from landing, U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday announced a suite of economic measures targeting Colombia, including the imposition of an ’emergency’ 25% tariff on all Colombian goods coming into the United States. Trump, who made the announcement on his social media platform Truth Social, said that the tariffs would increase to 50% in one week. Trump also wrote that banking and financial sanctions will be ‘fully imposed’ on Colombia, and his administration will apply a travel ban and revoke the visas of Colombian government officials in the U.S. ‘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 wrote.” (01/26/25)