Colombia, the third-largest trading partner of the U.S. in Latin America, swiftly responded, threatening a 50 per cent tariff on U.S. goods.
The country's leftist president, Gustavo Petro, later posted on X that he directed his trade minister to increase tariffs on U.S. imports by 25 per cent.
Colombia is the second Latin American nation to refuse U.S. military deportation flights.
Trump's punitive action demonstrated his more muscular U.S. foreign policy and his renewed willingness to force countries to bend to his will.
Trump wrote on the social media site Truth Social that Petro's refusal to accept the flights jeopardized U.S. national security.
In a post on social media platform X, he said Colombia would welcome home deported migrants on civilian planes.
Brazil's Foreign Affairs Ministry late on Saturday condemned "degrading treatment" of Brazilians after migrants were handcuffed on a commercial deportation flight. »
