"The Trump administration on Friday revoked left-wing Colombian President Gustavo Petro's visa after he spoke to crowds of protesters in New York City, urging US soldiers not to point their guns at innocent civilians and to disobey the orders of US President Donald Trump. The US State Department wrote on social media on Friday that Petro had 'urged US soldiers to disobey orders and incite violence' and that it would revoked Petro's visa 'due to his reckless and incendiary actions.'"
"Petro, who was in New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), criticized Trump in a speech before the UN on Tuesday, in which he called him 'complicit in genocide' for backing Israel's war on Gaza and urged the UN to open criminal proceedings against Trump's air strikes on boats in the Caribbean alleged to be transporting drugs."
Gustavo Petro spoke to protesters in New York urging US soldiers not to point their guns at innocent civilians and to disobey certain orders. The US State Department said Petro had 'urged US soldiers to disobey orders and incite violence' and revoked his visa 'due to his reckless and incendiary actions.' Petro attended the UNGA, called President Trump 'complicit in genocide' over support for Israel's war on Gaza, and urged criminal proceedings over alleged US air strikes on Caribbean drug-transporting boats. Petro returned to Colombia and condemned the visa revocation as a breach of UN immunity norms.
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