President Donald Trump has imposed tariffs and a travel ban on Colombia after the South American nation's president refused to allow 160 deportees on two military planes to land in that country Sunday as part of U.

Gustavo Petro said on X that the United States should not treat Colombian migrants as criminals and that he had already turned away U.S. military flights carrying deportees.

The Trump administration has begun using military aircraft to transport immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally back to their home countries.

U.S. military and police forces began the first deportation flights for illegal immigrants under President Donald Trump's hardline immigration crackdown nationwide and particularly at the southern border.

In response, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social Sunday sweeping retaliatory measures that include tariffs on Colombian imports, visa sanctions on government officials and allies, enhanced customs inspections and financial penalties, as the U.S. accuses Colombia of violating its obligations to accept deported nationals.

The first such military flight out of El Paso, Texas, took place, bound for Guatemala with approximately 80 immigrants on board.

Mexico has refused a request from President Donald Trump's administration to allow a U.S. military aircraft deporting migrants to land in the country, a U.S. official and a Mexican official told Reuters.

Two C-17 military planes carrying undocumented immigrants had to turn around mid-air after Colombia denied them entry, signaling resistance to the Trump Administration’s plan to use military aircraft for deportations.