The Colombian air force has flown deportees from San Diego to Bogota, marking a resolution in a dispute between the U.S. and Colombia over deportation flights. The agreement, achieved through diplomatic negotiations,
Daniel Oquendo, 33, remembers well the first words US border agents told him after he crossed the US-Mexico border on January 20.
Colombia's Foreign Affairs Ministry said the government was sending a Colombian Air Force plane to San Diego to pick up a group of Colombians who were on a deportation flight that was not allowed to land on Sunday morning.
BOGOTA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- A Colombian air force plane landed in Bogota Wednesday with 105 Colombian nationals deported from the United States, marking the third flight of its kind this week, the Colombian Foreign Ministry said.
Mr Trump had threatened to impose tariffs on Colombian goods after its president refused to let deportation planes land. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Repatriation flights began landing in Colombia Tuesday after President Donald Trump successfully strong-armed the country into accepting their deportees again.
Two Colombian air force planes carrying deportees from the United States arrived in Bogota on Tuesday, the government said, paving the way for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to lift visa restrictions and other measures on Colombian citizens.
A Colombian Air Force plane was scheduled to depart from Bogota's CATAM military airport Monday for San Diego, California to repatriate 110 Colombian citizens awaiting deportation from the US.
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The White House claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the U.S. on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs on imports and other sanctions on the longtime U.S. partner.
The first of two Colombian air force planes carrying people who were deported from the United States arrived in Bogota early on Tuesday, local media said, paving the
"Fulfilling President Gustavo Petro's commitment and following Foreign Minister Luis Guillermo Murillo's announcement, the National Government has provided a Colombian Air Force aircraft to return 110 compatriots deported from the US.