When President Gustavo Petro from Colombia announced on social networks on Sunday that he had returned US military planes that wore deported, President Trump had a hard time getting down.
He threatened tariffs and punishments, so Mr. Petro was forced to give up. “They were pushing until he had to bend,” said Jorge Enrique Robledo, a former longtime Colombian senator, in an interview.
Later that day, the White House and Government of Mr. Petra announced that Colombia would welcome all Colombian deportations, including those on military aircraft, and Mr. Trump declared a victory.
The crisis lowered attention to the efforts to deport Trump’s administration; It also asked questions about military planes that deport migrants and why they were angry with Mr. Petro and other Latin American leaders.
Have military planes always used for deportations?
Not. Rarely, lately, if ever, the defense officers say.
As part of the suppression of Trump’s administration due to illegal migration, Mr. Trump signed an executive command last week Authorization of the US army to help secure the border.
The then acting defense, Robert Salseses, in a statement Last Wednesday that the Ministry of Defense “will” provide military airline “for support to the Ministry of Internal Security in the deportation of more than 5,000” illegal foreigners “.
Mr. Salesses said these are the people holding the US customs and the protection of the borders on the southern border. He noted that flights would happen after the State Department received the “necessary diplomatic authorization” and informed each country.
Symbolically, however, military planes become key to the messages of administration about his efforts to collapse to migration.
On Friday, the secretary for the White House print, Caroline Leavitt, Pictures published The migrants who signed up for the plane of the airline and the C-17 aircraft, while they were captured. The inscription read: “President Trump sends a strong and clear message to the whole world: if you enter the United States illegally, you will face the difficult consequences.”
Did Trump’s administration deport people only on military planes?
No, military planes have not been replaced by distinctive planes and so far they represent a small part of the flights that have been deported under the administration: only about six such flights have delivered deportis to other countries from the end of the second week of Mr. Trump in power, according to the US military spokesman.
During the same period, dozens of flights that were not underwater deportations left for countries around the hemisphere. Practice, schedule and number deported on board have not changed with Mr. Trump, according to officials in Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia and Honduras.
But commercial charters that resemble aircraft used in everyday trip, managed by US customs duties and immigration, or ICE, have received less attention from military planes.
Both the usual ice flights and new military flights are overseeing the Homeland Security Department. During the term of Mr. Biden and the first term of Mr. Trump, the United States deported more than one million people, according to the Institute for Migration Policy in Washington.
Where did military planes deported migrants?
It was confirmed that only Guatemala and Ecuador had received US military flights that have been transporting deported migrants since Thursday. Honduras and Peru are expected to receive military planes on Friday, said the Ministry of Defense Officer.
While Colombia agreed to receive such flights, no new military planes were sent since Mr. Petro returned two planes to the US army over the weekend.
Mexico announced that he had only received no -real flights and did not say that he would accept military planes.
Pete Hegsetth, a new Minister of Defense under Mr. Trump, promised to continue using military planes. On the first official day at work, Mr. Hegsetth said, “This pentagon broke last week.” Together with the addition of obstacles and troops on the southern border of the United States, he said that the army also went to “securing mass deportations”.
He added, “This is something that the Ministry of Defense will absolutely continue to work.”
Who are migrants in military planes?
So far, people have come back since Mr. Trump took the duty, including those on military planes, primarily people were arrested under the management of Biden.
Those in the photographs posted by Mr. Trump’s printing secretary were Guatema -based migrants who were arrested after they illegally crossed the border that had been in custody since the beginning of January, according to the Migracy Migration officials.
Why did Colombia president upset the US military planes?
Mr. Petro returned two US military aircraft coated for his country for several reasonsAccording to his posts on social networks on Sunday morning and his government members.
First, he’s upsetting how Departers on a distinct flight treated while transported to Brazil. (They were foxes and flew on an aircraft without air conditioning that was forced to land in Manaus, in the Amazon rainforest, after malfunction.)
Second, while the Government of Colombia approved military flights – according to US officials – Mr. Petro was caught aside when he learned a few hours ago that military flights were supposed to land in Bogot, the capital of Colombia. (Guatemala officials also said they were informed only before military planes were scheduled.)
Mr. Petro also generally complained about putting deported in foxes; Officials said his government has an agreement with a bidan administration that allowed deportation to travel generally without restriction.
Experts say that foxes are sometimes used while the plane is on flight to prevent deportation from the aircraft; In other cases, they are used when the deports are monitored on and outside the aircraft.
Colombia never blocked flights without an inimic deportation. In the post on Sunday, Mr. Petro said “on civilian planes, where they are not treated as delinquents, we will welcome our compatriots.”
On Wednesday, Mr. Petro on the network If his government had been dialogue with Trump’s administration to determine the “protocol for dignified treatment”, which would involve allowing the deportants to travel without foxes.
What do other countries say about military planes?
The US army has a special resonance in Latin America, experts say, especially for the left -wing leaders like Mr. Petar and President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva from Brazil. They remember the time when the United States performed hidden US military operations in the region as part of the effort to take away revolutionary movements on behalf of the victory of communism.
The presence of the US army can also endanger the notion of national sovereignty in countries like Mexico. President Claudia Sheinbaum from Mexico said, “They can act within their borders. When it comes to Mexico, we defend our sovereignty and seek dialogue to coordinate.”
However, regional officials are most concerned that migrants are treated on flight flights and have expressed particular concern about the use of foxes and chains.
Leaders in Latin America also complained to pictures released from fox and chains and the way Mr. Trump described migrants, especially deportation, which he called killer members and drugs on Monday.
“We disagree that we call the migrant” delinquent, “Mrs. Sheinbaum said.” We defend our compatriots wherever we are, but especially at the time in the United States. “
Ever since Mr. Trump took over, Brazil, Guatemala and Mexico have filed complaints with the United States related to the treatment of migrants on flights of deportation, according to officials in these countries. It was not immediately clear whether the appeal was associated with deportie or deported on military flights in Guatemala.
On Thursday Colombian deported said they put their foxes on thembound and an eyebrow around the waist over the duration of the flight to Bogot in the not -All plane; It was not immediately clear whether the government had filed an official appeal there.
Reporting contributed Emiliano Rodríguez Mega and James Wagner from Mexico City; Jody García from the city of Guatemala; Federico Rios from Bogot, Colombia; and Eric Schmitt from Washington.
