Colombia Leaks To Receive Deported Migrant Planes, America Cancels Sanctions

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JAKARTA - Within hours, the United States' policy towards Colombia changed. The US canceled imposing sanctions on the country in South America.

The US will not impose sanctions and rates on Colombia after the country agrees to receive migrants deported from the United States, the White House press secretary said in a statement on Sunday, January 26 evening local time.

US President Donald Trump was previously angry. He stressed that he would take massive retaliatory measures against Colombia, including import rates and sanctions, after the South American country rejected two US military aircraft carrying migrants were deported.

Colombia, the third largest US trading partner in Latin America, responded quickly by threatening a 50 percent tariff on US goods.

Trump wrote on Truth Social that Colombia's President Gustavo Petro's refusal to accept the flight jeopardized US national security.

The retaliatory measures include implementing a 25 percent tariff on all Colombian goods entering the US, which will rise to 50 percent in one week; travel bans and visa lifting for Colombian government officials; and emergency sanctions in treasury, banking and finance.