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Colombian Migrants Describe Deportation Flights: 'We're Not Criminals'
Newsweek ^ | 1/29/25 | Amir Daftari

Posted on 02/02/2025 5:28:06 AM PST by Libloather

Deportation flights between the U.S. and Colombia resumed Tuesday after a diplomatic dispute.

**SNIP**

Migrants Arrive in Colombia

Two Colombian Air Force planes landed in Bogota Tuesday with over 200 migrants. Petro greeted them with a message on X, calling them "free" and in "a country that loves them." Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo confirmed that none of the deported individuals had criminal records in the U.S. or Colombia.

Conditions on US Deportation Flights

Migrants returning on the U.S. flights described inhumane conditions, including being shackled during transport. José Montaña, a migrant from Medellín, recalled the shackling: "We were shackled from our feet, our ankles to our hips, like criminals." He also noted that some women were shackled in front of their children. Carlos Gómez, a migrant from Barranquilla, shared a similar story, describing his journey from Colombia to the U.S. as a failed pursuit of the "American dream."

Trump Defends Shackling

Trump defended the use of restraints, saying it was necessary for security. Colombian officials rejected his assertions, stating that the deportees did not have criminal backgrounds. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt emphasized that violent offenders should be prioritized for deportation, but clarified that migrants who entered the U.S. illegally would also be targeted for removal.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Education; History
KEYWORDS: adiosmofos; colombia; criminals; deportation; flights; wellbye; yesyouare
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To: Libloather

If you are an Illegal Immigrant you are a criminal.

You committed one or more felonies to get here and stay here.


21 posted on 02/02/2025 6:26:37 AM PST by Natty Bumppo@frontier.net (We are the dangerous ones, who stand between all we love and a more dangerous world.)
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To: joshua c

Exactly right. Having been on many flights like this I have seen the need to keep these deportees in their seats. I know and have seen the trouble they cause if allowed to leave their seats. Enough to where the flight is forced to turn around and return to the US. If they don’t like being treated like criminals, they should stay home.


22 posted on 02/02/2025 6:34:31 AM PST by ssapro (SSAPRO/ EXBP)
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To: Libloather

Americans simply cannot tolerate aliens taking over ever-increasing percentages of the jobs and forcing Americans into dire poverty.

Democrats, RINOs, members of the clergy, church members, businesspeople and aliens need to understand that.


23 posted on 02/02/2025 6:36:33 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: Libloather

If you are shackled you can’t jump off the deep end

and....... you don’t get to decide crimonality


24 posted on 02/02/2025 6:38:55 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Where is ZORRO when California so desperately needs him?)
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To: Libloather

Illegal aliens have been requested to leave the USA.

Kindly leave now. You may take your ill-gotten gains, for now.


25 posted on 02/02/2025 6:42:32 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: Libloather

“Two Colombian Air Force planes landed in Bogota”

Columbians possessed the means of unshackling the lawbreakers, but wisely chose not to do so.


26 posted on 02/02/2025 6:44:51 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: Libloather

Um. Yes you are. You illegals entered our house and started living off our taxpayer dollars while raping and murdering Americans. You entered and burglarized sports athletes’ homes while they were off doing their jobs. A few years ago you stole my son’s Ford 250 Harley Davidson pickup and after making a couple trips to pick more criminals in Mexico, you drove it into a canyon in Arizona and totalled it. Then, a month latter you burglarized his familiy’s home. No. YOU ARE CRIMINALS. At least in America, YOU ARE. It’s probably okay to do that crap in Mexico.


27 posted on 02/02/2025 6:46:31 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (DemonRAT "Senators" use their incontinence in attempt of bring down Trump nominees.)
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To: Libloather
Why would any Colombian break the law to come here when they are so loved and free in their own country?
28 posted on 02/02/2025 7:11:16 AM PST by Tommy Revolts
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To: Libloather

“We were shackled from our feet, our ankles to our hips, like criminals.”

That’s because you are criminals.

So much good news in 2025, and it’s only the beginning.


29 posted on 02/02/2025 7:16:45 AM PST by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: Libloather
They're as bad as the American Liberal, viz. stupid. Somebody enters America illegally. ILLEGALLY!!

It's. A. Crime!

That makes them CRIMINALS!

(Honestly, I feel like I'm playing cards with my brother's kids.)

30 posted on 02/02/2025 7:17:14 AM PST by LouAvul (1 John 2:22: "Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ?" )
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To: LouAvul

You bums are criminals by invading the USA and breaking our laws. Each and every one of you must be thrown OUT to never be allowed back into the USA. Get lost.


31 posted on 02/02/2025 7:18:45 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Libloather

“Colombian Migrants Describe Deportation Flights: ‘We’re Not Criminals’”

of course you are: you illegally entered the United States ...


32 posted on 02/02/2025 7:26:50 AM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Libloather

BTTT


33 posted on 02/02/2025 7:36:21 AM PST by nopardons
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To: Libloather

Yeah, you are. I don’t know too many criminals that say they’re guilty. Most won’t admit it. Additionally, you are in my country illegally, that automatically makes you a criminal. So, shut your pie holes!


34 posted on 02/02/2025 7:39:13 AM PST by vpintheak (Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug. )
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To: Libloather
We were shackled from our feet, our ankles to our hips, like criminals.

So the only question is, are you going to be sneaking back into the United States any time soon?

35 posted on 02/02/2025 8:08:29 AM PST by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: Libloather

Yes, you are criminals. KEEP THE F^^K OUT!!!


36 posted on 02/02/2025 8:35:49 AM PST by Agatsu77
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To: neverevergiveup

And there aren’t all that many Americans who dream of being criminals.

Book ‘em, Danno. And then board ‘em.


37 posted on 02/02/2025 9:16:15 AM PST by Clioman
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

“Hopefully, they have learned their lesson.”

I’m w/Vance. Once they’re gone, I don’t care.


38 posted on 02/02/2025 9:17:39 AM PST by Clioman
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To: Libloather

You entered here illegally. That makes you a criminal


39 posted on 02/02/2025 10:53:22 AM PST by Vaquero (In Don't pick a fight with an old guy. ReataurantIf he is too old to fight, he'llz just kill you. )
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To: Libloather

Maybe a few didn’t have criminal records in the US (the ‘collateral’ that are collected in non-compliant jurisdictions), but I suspect most do.

Be interesting if Homan releases the names, pictures, and crimes that these guys committed.


40 posted on 02/02/2025 12:25:35 PM PST by BobL
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