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Colombian President Gustavo Petro blocks two U.S. military aircrafts carrying deported Colombians as part of U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown from landing in his country.
2025-01-26

In response to President Gustavo Petro's refusal, U.S. President Donald Trump enacts a 25% tariff on all goods traded to the U.S. from Colombia, which will be raised to 50% in one week. Hours after Trump's announcement, President Petro orders the commerce ministry to raise tariffs on U.S. imports by 25%.
2025-01-26

The dispute is settled with an agreement to use the Colombian presidential plane to fly the deportees from the U.S. to Colombia.
2025-01-26

Colombian Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo permits a U.S. Army unit to resume its advisory mission in the country after the Colombian Senate found that it did not constitute a deployment of foreign troops. A court had suspended the mission in early July after the opposition argued it did count as foreign troop movement, and thus needed Senate authorization.
2020-08-27

The United States pledges US$9 million in aid to Colombia to help support Venezuelan migrants in the country.
2018-08-8