Trump admin revokes Colombian president’s visa over alleged ‘reckless and incendiary actions’
The Trump administration stated late Friday it is revoking the U S visa of Colombian President Gustavo Petro over alleged reckless and incendiary actions in New York City Earlier currently Colombian president petrogustavo stood on a NYC street and urged U S soldiers to disobey orders and incite violence read a post on the U S State Department's X account We will revoke Petro s visa due to his reckless and incendiary actions Fox News Digital has reached out to the Colombian embassy but did not hear back before publication TRUMP UNLEASHES US MILITARY POWER ON CARTELS IS A WIDER WAR LOOMING The visa revocation comes on the heels of the annual meeting of the U N General Assembly in New York City this week Videos circulating online show the Colombian president addressing a crowd gathered at a demonstration against Israel and its prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu who was in New York City Friday to address the assembly TRUMP SAYS 'WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS' WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF STRIKING VENEZUELA AMID RISING TENSIONSIn a fiery speech earlier this week Petro called for a criminal assessment against President Donald Trump and other administration bureaucrats over deadly strikes on boats in the Caribbean that the White House revealed were carrying drugs Petro repudiated the attacks calling them an act of tyranny while also accusing Trump of criminalizing poverty and migration Criminal proceedings must be opened against those functionaries who are from the U S even if it includes the highest-ranking official who gave the order President Trump Petro mentioned of the strikes adding that boat passengers were not members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang as the Trump administration claimed after the first attack VENEZUELAN MILITARY JETS BUZZ US NAVY SHIP IN 'HIGHLY PROVOCATIVE' MOVE PENTAGON SAYSIf the boats were carrying drugs as alleged by the U S cabinet Petro stated their passengers were not drug traffickers they were only poor young people from Latin America who had no other option Petro a former Marxist guerrilla and Colombia s first leftist leader has had a rocky relationship with Trump since the inauguration In January Trump threatened to impose tariffs on all imports from the Latin American country if it did not accept military planes full of deported Colombians as part of Trump s deportation sweep Petro threatened to retaliate with counter tariffs but later relented and agreed to lift his ban on the flights In April Petro claimed that the Trump administration had revoked his progress visa to the U S During a cabinet meeting that month Petro revealed he could not attend meetings with international organizations in Washington D C because they took away my visa I didn t need to have one but anyway I ve already seen Donald Duck several times so I ll go see other things Petro mentioned Fox News Digital's Caitlin McFall Anders Hagstrom and The Associated Press contributed to this summary
