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Colombia’s president Petro will not allow US planes to bring migrants to Colombia
Alarabiya News ^

Posted on 01/26/2025 6:55:07 AM PST by TigerClaws

Colombia’s 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 in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Officials from the US Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not immediately reply to requests for comment.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: colombia; despot; gustavopetro; lindayepes
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1 posted on 01/26/2025 6:55:07 AM PST by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

How much foreign aid do they get?, turn it off


2 posted on 01/26/2025 6:56:35 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: TigerClaws

We’re going to give them parachutes and drop them off


3 posted on 01/26/2025 6:57:12 AM PST by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore……)
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To: ronnie raygun

About $400M per year.


4 posted on 01/26/2025 6:58:03 AM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Polls are designed to sell more ads & polls only. If it's not a horse race the money dries up.)
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To: TigerClaws

Well then say goodbye to the foreign military financing (FMF) you’ve been getting.


5 posted on 01/26/2025 6:59:03 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: TigerClaws

They’re your ILLEGAL ALIENS.

Your country sucks so bad they felt forced to leave.

Look in the mirror, a h*le!


6 posted on 01/26/2025 6:59:44 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Trump should call Traitor General Milley back into service and bust him to private.)
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To: TigerClaws
All Colombian nationals in the US have 72 hours to leave the country.
That would be a good start.
7 posted on 01/26/2025 6:59:48 AM PST by ComputerGuy
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To: McGavin999

Land the planes in Panama then use catapults to complete the route.


8 posted on 01/26/2025 7:00:04 AM PST by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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The United States has provided billions of dollars in foreign aid to Colombia since 2017.
The amount of aid provided varies by year and the specific needs of the country.

FY 2025
The Biden administration requested $2.2 billion in foreign assistance for Latin America and the Caribbean, which includes Colombia

The request included $444 million for Colombia to support counter-narcotics, peace accord implementation, and Venezuelan migrants

FY 2024
The administration requested $444 million for Colombia to support counter-narcotics, peace accord implementation, and Venezuelan migrants

FY 2017–2023
The U.S. provided approximately $278 million in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) to Colombia

Total
The U.S. has provided more than $1.5 billion in assistance to Colombia since 2017 to support peace accord implementation

The U.S. also provides aid to Colombia for other purposes, including: Emergency food assistance, Procurement and depot level repair, Strengthening tenure and resource rights, Inclusive justice activity, and Migrant support.


9 posted on 01/26/2025 7:00:33 AM PST by Liz ((This then is how we should pray: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. ))
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To: TigerClaws

They’re Colombians. Why don’t you want your own people back?


10 posted on 01/26/2025 7:00:56 AM PST by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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To: TigerClaws

economic sanctions starting with 100% tariffs.


11 posted on 01/26/2025 7:05:33 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: TigerClaws

Well ok then. Maybe we train them into a military and let them take over the government that hates their own people.


12 posted on 01/26/2025 7:06:41 AM PST by rottweiller_inc (Lupus urbem intravit. Fulminis ictu vultures super turrem exanimat. )
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To: ronnie raygun

According to this

https://www.foreignassistance.gov/cd/colombia/

it was $740M for 2024. One of the largest, if not THE largest. And I’m not certain that the numbers include USAID’s PlanColumbia money.

It’s okay for Petro puff like a blowfish for his home crowd, but when push comes to shove President Trump has that near trillion dollar aid stuff to ‘help us defray the cost of doing something with THEIR illegal criminals we caught.’


13 posted on 01/26/2025 7:07:10 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: TigerClaws

That’s fine. Just drop ‘em in the ocean.


14 posted on 01/26/2025 7:09:01 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: TigerClaws

Maybe a little bomber escort to crater their runways is in order. Tell them we can drop of their citizens or drop off these pavement pounders. Your choice.


15 posted on 01/26/2025 7:11:44 AM PST by Newbomb Turk
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To: TigerClaws

Poke a finger in Trump’s eye? See what happens!


16 posted on 01/26/2025 7:11:46 AM PST by EliRoom8
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To: TigerClaws

Gustavo is going g to be getting a phone call. 😏


17 posted on 01/26/2025 7:13:35 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: McGavin999

Give? Sell. No parachute, you’re still leaving.


18 posted on 01/26/2025 7:14:20 AM PST by bobcat62
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To: TigerClaws

Cocaine trafficking funds violent Marxist organizations (e.g., Peru’s Shining Path). Wondering how that would play out if the official government militaries lost US funding to fight them.


19 posted on 01/26/2025 7:15:01 AM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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To: TigerClaws

Just bringing YOUR people home for free


20 posted on 01/26/2025 7:15:35 AM PST by butlerweave
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