Columbia made a big show of refusing to accept flights from the United States returning illegal migrants. President Gustavo Petro on Sunday, January 26, made a series of public X posts in which he insisted the
deportations were a non-starter until President Trump found a way to do it that treated the repatriated with the “dignity that a human being deserves.” Trump was far from amused and immediately put the full power of the executive to work. From tariffs to sanctions, Surprise, surprise, it worked. By Sunday afternoon – just a couple of hours after Trump’s response – President Petro sent his presidential plane to pick up the deported individuals in Honduras.
