Colombia refuses entry of two flights with migrants deported from the U.S.

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Colombia on Sunday rejected the entry into the country of two U.S. military planes carrying deportees as part of President Donald Trump's crackdown on irregular immigration, a U.S. official said. teleSUR

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00:00During the first hours of January 26, President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, informed Social

00:06Media X that he disallowed the entry into the country of two military aircrafts that

00:10were transporting nationals with an irregular situation in North American territory.

00:14Subsequently President Donald Trump assured that in retaliation he would impose heavy

00:18tariffs on imports of Colombian products and visa sanctions.

00:22Colombia then requested an extraordinary summit of the community of Latin American and Caribbean

00:25States to discuss the tense situation created by the massive deportations of Latin American

00:30migrants.

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