Colombians showing up astatine the U.S. Embassy for visa appointments had their hopes dashed connected Monday aft President Trump threatened retaliation implicit the play arsenic the U.S. ramps up the deportation of migrants.
Images captured radical visibly affectional erstwhile they showed up extracurricular the embassy successful Bogota lone to beryllium turned away.
It comes aft Secretary of State Marco Rubio connected Sunday ordered the contiguous suspension of visas being issued astatine the embassy aft Colombian President Gustavo Petro rejected 2 formation carrying migrants deported from the U.S.
While the White House and Colombia appeared to scope an statement with Petro backing down connected repatriation flights precocious Sunday, the suspension of visa issuances remained Monday morning.
Men and pistillate who arrived astatine the embassy were handed a gaffe of insubstantial with a connection telling them that the appointments had been cancelled.
'Your January 27th visa interrogation oregon Applicant Service Center assignment has been canceled owed to the Colombian government's refusal to judge repatriation flights of Colombian nationals from the United States, which President Gustavo Petro had antecedently authorized,' the notes read.
Images showed distraught radical lasting successful line, making calls and looking confused connected Monday arsenic they held the distributed notices.
A pistillate holding a notification that her visa assignment had been canceled successful Bogota, Colombia connected January 27, 2024
Tensions betwixt the U.S. and Colombia rapidly escalated Sunday aft the state rejected 2 subject planes carrying migrants who had been deported from the U.S.
Colombia had accepted planes of deported migrants successful the past including 124 planes past year.
But Petro took contented with the attraction of the migrants being flown backmost from the U.S. and barred the subject planes from landing.
In response, Trump fired disconnected a societal media station calling for retaliatory measures including exigency 25 percent tariffs connected each products coming from Colombia that would summation to 50 percent successful 1 week.
He besides announced a question prohibition and visa revocation connected each Colombian authorities officials, allies and supporters arsenic good arsenic sanctions.
In its connection announcing a intermission connected visa issuances, the State Department said Rubio was authorizing question sanctions 'on individuals and their families, who were liable for the interference of U.S. repatriation formation operations.'
'Measures volition proceed until Colombia meets its obligations to judge the instrumentality of its ain citizens,' it stated.
Two women clasp up the notices fixed to them that visa issuances had been suspended
The announcement that visa appointments astatine the U.S. embassy successful Bogota had been canceled
A mates looking disappointed aft uncovering retired their visa assignment was cancelled
A U.S. consular authoritative explains to radical who had scheduled appointments that they had been cancelled. Secretary of State Rubio ordered the suspension of visas being issued aft Colombia rejected 2 repatriation flights connected Sunday
After Trump vowed to enforce stiff tariffs and sanctions, Petro besides threatened 25 percent retaliatory tariffs connected U.S. goods tipping the 2 countries person to a commercialized war.
But precocious Sunday night, the White House said Colombia's president had caved to each of Trump's demands, truthful it would clasp disconnected connected tariffs and sanctions.
In its ain announcement, the Colombian authorities besides signaled it would resume accepting flights with the warrant that migrants would beryllium treated decently.
But the contempt the agreement, the visa appointments appeared to stay connected hold.
DailyMail.com reached retired to the State Department and U.S. Embassy successful Bogota to find erstwhile appointments would resume.
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