The United States reveals the Visa of the President of Colombia after having gone to a demonstration and urged American soldiers to disobey Trump

The ministry said on social networks that “we will revoke the Petro visa because of its reckless and incendiary actions”.

Petro was visiting the United Nations Annual General Assembly. During a demonstration nearby on Friday against the war in Gaza, he said: “I ask all soldiers of the United States army, does not point your rifles against humanity” and “disobey Trump’s orders”.

Petro returned to Colombia on Saturday as planned, in accordance with a decree of September 18 on the delegation of powers during his absence. He said on X that he had discovered his visa status when he arrived.

The State Department did not answer questions about the question of whether the revocation would affect future visits.

Petro, the first president on the left of Colombia, used an article on X addressed to Trump to say that “international law gives me immunity to go to the UN and that there should not be reprisals for my free opinion, because I am a free person.”

Petro, who has a story to talk about the cuff in winding and ideologically busy speeches, also said on social networks that “I don’t care” about punishment because he is also a European citizen. This means that he does not need a visa to go to the United States

Colombia broke diplomatic links with Israel last year during the War of Israel-Hamas. Petro has repeatedly described the headquarters of Israel of Gaza as a genocide.

Colombia has long been an ally of the United States in Latin America, cooperating closely in the fight against drug trafficking. But there have been repeated clashes between Petro, a former member of the rebel group, and the republican administration of Trump.

In his speech by the General Assembly on Tuesday, Petro called for a criminal investigation into Trump and other officials involved in the fatal strikes of this month on boats in the Caribbean who, according to the White House, transported drugs. The White House offered rare information on how operations met or the judicial authorities under which they were carried out.

Earlier this year, Petro resisted deportation flights using American military planes, leading to a diplomatic crisis while Trump threatened to retaliate with higher prices and visa suspensions. The United States is the largest trading partner in Colombia, and Petro’s government has given way, saying that it would accept planes.

The United States has accused Colombia earlier this month not to cooperate with anti-narcotic efforts. Although the designation did not include sanctions that would have reduced assistance from the United States to the country, it was a clear reprimand that frustrated Petro.

He said that his country had lost his life of “police, soldiers and regular citizens, trying to prevent cocaine” from reaching the United States.