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cbabe

(4,467 posts)
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 12:56 PM Sunday

Colombian president Gustavo Petro says he will not accept US deportation flights

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/26/colombia-gustavo-petro-trump-deportation-flights

Colombian president Gustavo Petro says he will not accept US deportation flights

Petro blocks US military aircraft carrying migrants being deported as part of Trump’s immigration crackdown

Tiago Rogero South America correspondent
Sun 26 Jan 2025 12.26 EST

Colombian president Gustavo Petro announced on Sunday that he had blocked US military aircraft carrying deported Colombians as part of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown from landing in his country.

Mexico had also reportedly refused to receive a similar flight on Saturday, according to US officials cited by Reuters and NBC News.

In a post on Twitter/X, Colombia’s leftist leader wrote: “A migrant is not a criminal and must be treated with the dignity that every human being deserves.

“That is why I ordered the return of US military planes carrying Colombian migrants,” Petro wrote, sharing a video of Brazilian deportees who had been flown out of the US on Friday, shackled at the wrists and ankles.

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Colombian president Gustavo Petro says he will not accept US deportation flights (Original Post) cbabe Sunday OP
Good Solly Mack Sunday #1
Trump should have figured all of this out ahead of time. Irish_Dem Sunday #2
Rather than admit being out-played, it wouldn't surprise me if he ordered Attilatheblond Sunday #3
Good malaise Sunday #4
Now Gustavo Petro, Colombia's first progressive President, is on Hump's enemy list. Judi Lynn Sunday #5
I too fear what will happen to a progressive Columbia MadameButterfly Sunday #6
Proud of all the governments stopping this malaise Sunday #9
Good wendyb-NC Sunday #7
Not seeing why SickOfTheOnePct Sunday #8
It couldn't hurt a bit to spend some time thinking things over more often. n/t Judi Lynn Tuesday #10
Not an answer SickOfTheOnePct Tuesday #11

Irish_Dem

(62,144 posts)
2. Trump should have figured all of this out ahead of time.
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 01:02 PM
Sunday

Before he ran his mouth and signed EO's like a big shot.

Attilatheblond

(4,969 posts)
3. Rather than admit being out-played, it wouldn't surprise me if he ordered
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 01:14 PM
Sunday

people to be thrown out of planes into the ocean. His ego won't allow him to admit some brown-ish leaders whipped his ass on this.

Judi Lynn

(162,784 posts)
5. Now Gustavo Petro, Colombia's first progressive President, is on Hump's enemy list.
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 01:21 PM
Sunday

Earlier liberal Colombian Presidential candidates were publicly assassinated. One public murder started a 10 year bloody uprising called "La Violencia".

Petro has always been a courageous man. Now the orange beast will be going after him for also daring to deny him satisfaction.

Undocumented people in cuffs and shackles? Doesn't that seem totally out of line?

Don't be surprised if we will learn there's been an "accident" which claimed the lives of a flight of Latin Americans. That was a big fave of the dictatorship in Argentina, while Kissinger was still the Secretary of State. Kissinger counseled the Argentine dictatorship to move quickly with their nightmarish violence before the U.S. Congress could get wind of it and object to prevent it.

Republicans have always admired the Latin American military dictatorships which have murdered people they didn't like.

How soon will it be before Trump introduces the conspicuous violence again? We already know he approves of everything which will help him "win."

MadameButterfly

(2,282 posts)
6. I too fear what will happen to a progressive Columbia
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 01:44 PM
Sunday

and all it promises if they challenge Trump. We want people to resist and be brave, but there are consequences.
i hope the countries will unite in not accepting deportees, there is strength in numbers. It will be hard to go to war with all of them. But there are other ways he can get revenge. And he'll take on the whole hemisphere before he'll accept defet or embarrassment.

malaise

(280,148 posts)
9. Proud of all the governments stopping this
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 02:01 PM
Sunday

You will not chain and shackle our people (if they are even our people), put them in your military planes and dump them
Who the fuck do you think you are ?

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