First Deportees From US Were Not Criminals, Colombian Government Says

The Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Newsweek on Tuesday that none of the deportees sent from the U.S. to Colombia in the first batch of repatriation flights under the new Trump administration had criminal records in either country, with their sole offense being in the U.S. illegally.
Two Colombian Air Force planes carrying deportees from the U.S. landed at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá on Tuesday, following a weekend standoff between President Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro.
Newsweek reached out to the White House and ICE for comment on the Colombians’ claim.
Why It Matters
Colombia and the U.S. reached an agreement on Sunday after a brief standoff between Petro and Trump. The tension began when Petro blocked the deportation flights on Sunday while they were in the air, prompting Trump to threaten a 25 percent tariff on all Colombian goods, with plans to increase it to 50 percent within a week, among other sanctions.
At the House Republicans’ annual policy retreat in Doral, Florida, Trump addressed the tiff, defending his decision to use military aircraft to send back the migrants. He claimed that the majority of those deported were dangerous criminals, describing them as