BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President Gustavo Petro will not allow planes from the United States carrying migrants on deportation flights to land in the country, he said in a post on X early on Sunday.
“The US cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals,” Petro wrote in the post, adding that the government in Washington should develop a protocol that “treats migrants with dignity.”
Peter’s comments add to a growing chorus of discontent in Latin America over US President Donald Trump’s planned mass deportations.
Brazil’s foreign ministry said late Saturday it would demand an explanation from the US government about the “humiliating treatment” of Brazilians on a deportation flight, while Mexico also refused such a flight to land in the country on Friday.
Officials with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
