The daughter of the Colombian president Gustavo Petro, Andrea Petro, has thrown shadow to the president of the United States, Donald Trump, after the White House threatened tariffs in the South American country. Mrs. Andrea turned to social networks to suggest that Colombia should send ‘gringos’ (a jargon term, often used to describe Americans) to the United States for every Colombian deportion.
“For every Colombian deportion, we will return a gringo of the town,” wrote Mrs. Petro in a publication about X (previously Twitter) on Monday (January 27).
Together with the quite shameless message, he published a dolphin meme jumping out of the sea under a sky with an rainbone crest. According to a report in the New York Post, Mrs. Petro supposedly referred to the Red Luz District in the city of Medellin, which has become a center for US tourists looking for prostitutes.
In April last year, a 36 -year -old American citizen was caught in a hotel room in the city with two minor girls, only 12 and 13 years. Before the Colombian authorities could arrest him, the American left the country, which led President Petro appealing to the United States government so that the defendants were extradited.
– Andrea Petro (@Andreapetro91) January 27, 2025
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The two countries pushed each other after Colombia tried to reject deportation flights from the United States. Petro, a left leader, chosen as Colombian president in 2022, said his government was ready to send his presidential plane to the United States to transport migrants “with dignity.”
After US military planes were sent back, Mr. Petro said he was ready to allow US civil flights to take the deported migrants to land while those who were not on board were not treated “as criminals “. He said that more than 15,000 undocumented Americans live in their country, but ruled out raids to arrest them and deport them. Instead, he urged them to “regularize their situation.”
Later, the White House said the Trump administration suspended the sanctions after Colombia agreed to its terms. Colombian Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo said that Bogotá will continue to receive Colombians returning as deported.
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt declared victory by saying: “Today’s events make the world clear that the United States is respected again.”
President Trump echoed similar feelings on Monday, telling journalists about Air Force One that “it serves the world well to look” Colombia’s dispute.