OS The United States and Columbia They signed a cooperative agreement on Thursday to contain irregular immigration and fighting organized crimes. The partnership was signed during the official visit to Bogota’s Bogota’s Bogota’s Bogota’s Bogota, and other things, among other things, provides a migrant data partnership of the Andian country.
Noem met with Foreign Minister Laura Sarabia on Thursday morning and then discussed the efforts of President Gustavo Petro and police to deal with drug trafficking.
After a debate that was not classified as “frank and heartfelt”, countries signed a joint intention statement USA Be committed to support the installation of biometric identification systems in Columbia – This has become an important migration way towards the United States in recent years. According to the document, the data should be shared with the Donald Trump government.
The proposal is similar to the model that followed the proposal in Panama, the last point of the crossing of immigrants crossing the Darin forest from Colombia. One of the main criticisms of the Panamanian authorities is the lack of control over who will enter the forest towards the Colombian – the country’s largest criminal organization Gulf clan. Upon reaching Panama, the authorities identify the immigrants through these systems. Lack of entry records, however, weakens the verification of important indicators, including the number of mortality and disappearance on the site.
The agreement is paving the way to establish a large control toward Colombian by signing Thursday White House. In 2023, Darin Crossings reached 500,000 a year. This month, Panama President Jose Raul Mulino has announced the “closure” of the corridor.
According to the Colombian Chancellor, the purpose of this agreement is to help the Colombian people to prevent and prevent criminals and terrorists from crossing and blocking their borders. ” At the conclusion of the conference he would “reiterate our strong, resistant and eternal partnership on public safety, drug traffickers and immigrants.”
“We are committed to improving border security, but to support our criminal law apps, we are committed to working with our Colombian partners,” Noem said.
On the other hand, Sharabia emphasizes the importance of recognizing that the President of Colombia Gustao, Gustao Petro, is “truly respected by human rights and immigrants”.
This is the first meeting between the high -level officials of the two countries after the diplomatic and tariff controversy between Trump and Petro in January in January. At that time, the Colombian leader rejected the military flight USA After abusing Colombian citizens, many of whom are covered by hand. In response, Trump threatened to suspend Washington’s historical ally visas and charges the country. In response, Petro accused Trump of “criminal” the “fascist thesis” by “offering” migrants, but immediately withdrew the measurement and agreed to accept the planes.
This Thursday diplomatic conference was in a friendly term.
– Thanks to the President and his team (…) for trying to repatriate Colombian citizens for his country – the Security Secretary said Trump.
Chancellor, on the other hand, was classified as “another step” in the “consolidation” of the “friendly” relationship between countries. The United States is the main commercial partner and its largest ally in the fight against drug trafficking in the country, a world leader in cocaine production.
The second stop of the Latin American tour launched by Nowem in El Salvadar on Wednesday, where he visited the maximum security arrest, where more than 200 people were expelled from the United States. Without submitting evidence of Washington so far, they claimed that they were members of the Venezuela gang Tren D Aragua, and used the Foreign enemy’s controversial law on the basis of summary expulsion.
After passing through Bogota, Noem continues his Latin American tour in Mexico, which is another crucial country in the American strategy, with drug trafficking and immigration flow across the border. She will meet with President Claudia Sheenbam on Friday, replacing the tariff threats when her government tries to negotiate with the White House Trump. Despite Sheenbam’s attempts, Trump announced a 25% rate on car imports on Wednesday.
