They were. They objected to the US flying them back in cargo planes and requested that they be sent5in passenger planes. They then offered to fly them back at their own expense using their own planes, and Trump responded by pretending they were refusing to take their citizens back, and imposing this knee-jerk 50% tariff. This was all about grandstanding and making a show out of these unnecessary tariffs that will end up significantly raising the price of Colombian goods—primarily coffee—for the American people.
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It appears that Colombia have caved
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombias-petro-will-not-allow-us-planes-return-migrants-2025-01-26/