DEVELOPING Jan. 26, 2025, 11:56 AM GMT-5 U.S. news Colombia turns away military deportation flights from U.S., officials say The flights were carrying about 80 Colombian migrants each. Colombian President Gustavo Petro in 2023.Sebastian Barros / NurPhoto via Getty Images file By Gabe Gutierrez and Courtney Kube Colombia has denied entry to two U.S. military deportation flights, according to officials from the Department of Homeland Security and the Defense Department. The flights, carried out on U.S. military C-17 aircraft, were carrying about 80 Colombian migrants each and had departed from California, the defense official told NBC News. Initially cleared for landing, the flights were grounded after Colombian President Gustavo Petro suddenly revoked all diplomatic clearances for the aircraft, the official said. This comes after Mexico temporarily blocked two U.S. planes with 80 passengers each from landing last week, frustrating deportation plans and sparking tensions. While the issue was later resolved, Mexican officials have express opposition to the U.S.' unilateral actions around immigration measures. In a statement shared on X, Petro criticized the use of military planes for deportation. “A migrant is not a criminal and should be treated with the dignity a human being deserves,” he wrote. “We will receive our nationals in civilian airplanes, without treating them as criminals. Colombia must be respected.” On Friday, Guatemala received about 265 deported nationals on three flights from the U.S., two of which were military aircraft, according to the Guatemalan Migration Institute. The flights are part of the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration, initiated through executive orders during Trump's first week in office. Alongside deportation efforts, the administration has deployed an additional 1,500 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to strengthen enforcement.
Mexico, Columbia and other nations are turning away the flights. How is Trump going to deport these illegal immigrants if these countries won't take them back?
As said before, people like perhaps Wildchild are rushing to sign up for jobs where they get access to vulnerable women and kids, targets for their demented sadistic appetites. The time to act is right now, don't wait and see.
Let's see what Trump's border czar has to say. Yeah, the actual problem seems to be that "we don't know how to deport you when you nation won't take you back". Yep, that seems to be a clear problem. Trump’s border czar: ‘If you’re in the country illegally, you got a problem’ Homan says administration has a “clear” message for undocumented immigrants. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...-country-illegally-problem/story?id=118085728
Trains were the old method. The ones they used to fumigate with Zyklon B, imported from Germany before the war. Little trivia there. The countries will take them back however the optics of unilateral dumping of people without prior arrangement to receive them.. Petro can't allow this. Silly Colombians with the notion that they are actually real people too with agency and law and stuff.
That tension between embracing absurdity as a coping mechanism and knowing when it's time to act, it's a powerful place to be. Absurdism, as Camus pointed out, gives us the freedom to confront the meaninglessness of things without being paralyzed by it. But it also invites the question: when do we stand up, despite the inherent absurdity of the world? The idea of “good men acting” is timeless. In many ways, it’s about finding purpose in the midst of chaos, and recognizing that even if we can’t change the whole world, we can still make choices that challenge the status quo. There are moments, now, when inaction would feel like accepting a future we can't live with.
Tariffs 25% then 50%, Columbia rejects military planes landing, insists on civilian planes to normalize appearances. Commies take everything personally and refuse accountability totally.
The real problem though is Canada, Denmark, and Panama. Trump is on the case. Tariffs on everyone, 50% off gas prices, no shortage of rare metals or car parts, ... .