Colombia on Sunday backed down and agreed to accept deported citizens sent on U.S. military aircraft, hours after President Donald Trump threatened painful tariffs to punish the defiance to his mass deportation plans.
Colombia's leftist president, Gustavo Petro, had earlier said he would only take back citizens "with dignity," such as on civilian planes, and had turned back two U.S. military aircraft with repatriated Colombians.
Trump, less than a week back in office, responded furiously and threatened sanctions of 25% that would quickly scale up to 50% against Latin America's fourth largest economy.
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