Gustavo Petro said that the United States should not treat Colombian migrants as criminals and that he had already turned away U.S. military flights carrying deportees.

Trump announces retaliatory measures after Colombia blocks military deportation flights from U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would impose sweeping retaliatory measures against Colombia, including tariffs and visa sanctions after the nation denied entry to two U.S. military deportation flights.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that he was ordering tariffs, visa restrictions and other retaliatory measures to be taken against Colombia after its government rejected two U.S. military flights carrying migrants.

Trump said the Colombia's refusal jeopardized U.S. national security. He imposed tariffs on incoming goods, sanctions on government officials, enhanced border inspections of Colombian nationals, and banking and financial sanctions.

Trump retaliates with steep tariffs and immediately revokes visas of Colombian officials after the nation’s president says his country will not accept U.S. deportation flights.

President Donald Trump said he is slapping an emergency 25 percent tariff on all goods imported from Colombia on Sunday after the country’s president turned away two U.S. military aircraft full of detained Colombian migrants.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Sunday the country would reject U.S. military flights carrying deported migrants.

President Donald Trump on Sunday announced retaliatory tariffs on Colombia after its president said he blocked US military deportation flights, the first instance of Trump using economic pressure to force other nations to fall in line with his mass deportation plans since he took office last week.

The president retaliated with 25 per cent tariffs and sanctions after its Latin American trading partner leader turned back US planes carrying migrants.