What do you know about Trump’s military deportations

When President Gustavo Petro of Colombia announced on social media on Sunday that he had returned to the return of US military aircraft carrying the two departments, President Trump fell hard.

He threatened definitions and extremist penalties until Mr. Petro was forced to decline. “They have been forced to bend,” Jorge Enrique Robledo, a former Colombian Senate member, said in an interview.

Later that day, the White House and the government of Mr. Petro announced that Colombia will welcome all Colombian departments, including those on military aircraft, and Mr. Trump announced the victory.

The crisis has paid attention to the Trump administration deportation efforts; It also raised questions about the military aircraft that deport migrants, and why they angered Mr. Petro and other Latin American leaders.

Are military aircraft always used for deportation?

no. Defense officials rarely say recently.

As part of the Trump administration campaign on illegal immigration, Mr. Trump signed an executive order last week The declaration of the American army To help secure the borders.

Acting Minister of Defense at that time, Robert Solis, He said in a statement Last Wednesday, the Ministry of Defense will “provide military air” to support the Ministry of Internal Security in deporting more than 5,000 “illegal foreigners.”

Mr. Salis said that these were people held by American customs and border protection on the southern border. He pointed out that the flights will happen after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs obtained “required diplomatic permits” and informed each country.

Symbolically, military aircraft appear as decisive to the administration’s messages about their efforts to eliminate immigration.

Friday, White House press secretary, Caroline Levitte, Publish photos One of the immigrants who lifies the Air Force C-17 is gray, as it restricts together. He read the comment, “President Trump sends a strong and clear message to the whole world: If the United States of America enters illegally, you will face serious consequences.”

Does the Trump administration deport people only on military aircraft?

No, military aircraft have not replaced non -military aircraft, and so far represented a small part of flights that are deported under the administration: only about six such flights have delivered a deportation to other countries from the end of the second week of Mr. Trump in his position, according to For an American military spokesperson.

During the same period, dozens of non -military deportations of the countries surrounding the diameter of the hemisphere. The practice, the timeline, and the number of those deported on board during the reign of Mr. Trump, did not change, according to the officials of Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia and Honduras.

But the commercial covenants that resemble the aircraft used in daily travel, which are managed by American customs and enforcement of immigration, or ice, got less attention than military aircraft.

The Ministry of Internal Security oversees both the usual ice trips and new military trips by the Ministry of Internal Security. During the term of Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump I, the United States deported more than a million people, according to the Institute of Immigration Policy in Washington.

Where did the military aircraft took the deported migrants?

Only Guatemala and Ecuador have been confirmed that she had received American military flights carrying migrants who were deported as of Thursday. An official at the Ministry of Defense said it is expected that Honduras and Peru will receive military planes on Friday.

While Colombia agreed to receive such flights, no new military planes have been sent since Mr. Petro returned to the two planes during the weekend, according to the American army.

Mexico said it only received non -military flights and did not say it would accept military aircraft.

Beit Higseth, the new defense minister during the reign of Mr. Trump, promised to continue using military aircraft. On his first official day at work, Mr. Higseth said, “This Pentagon picked up to last week.” Along with the addition of barriers and forces on the southern American border, he said that the army also moved to “guaranteeing collective deportation.”

He added: “This is something the Ministry of Defense will continue at all.”

Who are the immigrants on military aircraft?

Until now, people have returned since Mr. Trump took office, including those on military aircraft, they are primarily the people who were arrested under the Biden administration.

Those in the photos posted by the press secretary of Mr. Trump are the Guatemian immigrants who were arrested after illegally crossing the border who have been detained in their detention since early January, according to officials of the Guatematic immigration.

Why was Colombia’s president disturbed by US military aircraft?

Mr. Petro returned to the return of two American military planes heading to his country For several reasonsAccording to his sites on social media on Sunday morning and members of his government.

First, it was upset with how A deportation on a non -military journey They were treated while being transferred to Brazil. (Hands were caught and transported in a plane without air conditioning that was forced to land in Manus, in the Amazon rainforest, after disruption.)

Second, while the Colombia government allowed military trips – according to American officials – Mr. Petro was arrested when he learned just a few hours ago that military flights were to land in Bogota, the capital of Colombia. (Guatemala officials also said they were notified just a while before reaching military aircraft.)

Mr. Petro also objected to the position of the deportees on the handcuffs; The officials said his government had an agreement with the Biden administration, which allowed those who are mostly traveling without restrictions.

Experts say that the handcuffs are sometimes used during a plane on a flight to prevent deportees from controlling the plane; In other cases, it is used when accompanying the deportees inside and outside the plane.

Colombia did not prevent non -military deportations. On Sunday,, “On civilian aircraft, as they do not treat like delinquents, we will welcome our citizens,” said Mr. Petro.

Wednesday, Mr. Petro He said online His government was in an interview with the Trump administration to create a “protocol for a generous treatment” that would include allowing those who are traveling without handcuffs.

What other countries say about military aircraft?

Experts say that the US military has a special resonance in Latin America, especially for left -wing leaders such as Mr. Petro and President Luiz Inosio Lula da Silva of Brazil. They remember the time when the United States conducted the secret US military operations in the region as part of an attempt to subjugate revolutionary movements in the name of the defeat of communism.

The presence of the American army can threaten the concept of national sovereignty in countries like Mexico. “They can act within their borders. When it comes to Mexico, we defend our sovereignty and are looking for dialogue for coordination,” said President Claudia Shinbom of Mexico.

However, regional officials are more concerned about how migrants deal with deportations, and have expressed their concern about the use of handcuffs and chains.

Leaders in Latin America also objected to the images that are launched for immigrants in handcuffs, chains and the way Mr. Trump described the migrants, especially the deportees, who referred to them on Monday as killers, gang and drugs.

“We do not agree with the description of the migrant” delinquency. “” We defend our citizens wherever they are, but at this moment in the United States, “said Ms. Shinbom.

Since Mr. Trump took office, Brazil, Guatemala and Mexico have submitted complaints to the United States related to the treatment of migrants on deportation trips, according to officials in those countries. It was not immediately clear whether the complaint in Guatemala was linked to a round or deported military trips.

On Thursday, the corresponding Colombians They said they were formedAnd the straws and ritual around the waist throughout the flight to Bogota on a non -military plane; It was not immediately clear whether the government there filed an official complaint.

Reports previously contributed Emiliano Rodriguez Mega and James Wagner From the city of Mexico Judy Garcia From the city of Guatemala; Federico Rios From Bogota, Colombia; and Eric Schmidt From Washington.