Colombian President, Gustavo Petro, denied entry to US military planes carrying deported migrants into the country via his official X page.
Petro posted that the US cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals.
US officials said that two military planes from San Diego were due to land in Colombia with migrant deportees, but the plans were scrapped due to complications.
Trump, while speaking on the matter in a post on Truth Social, said emergency tariffs on all goods entering the US from Colombia would be implemented immediately.
According to Trump, the 25 percent tariffs would be increased to 50 percent in a week.
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The president said the US would impose a travel ban and immediate visa revocations on Colombian government officials.
Trump also said there would be visa sanctions on Colombian government supporters, and enhanced customs and border protection inspections of all Colombian nationals and cargo on national security grounds.
The US president said his administration would not allow the Colombian government to violate its legal obligations concerning the acceptance and return of the criminals they forced into the United States.
Trump had promised to carry out mass deportations of illegal migrants during the campaigns for the US presidential elections.
Recall, the president signed multiple executive orders related to immigration on his first day in office.
Some of Trump’s executive orders were signed to expand immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, ability to arrest and detain unlawful migrants on US soil.