"The department said on social media that "we will revoke Petro's visa due to his reckless and incendiary actions." Petro was visiting for the annual U.N. General Assembly. During a nearby protest Friday over the war in Gaza, he said "I ask all the soldiers of the United States' army, don't point your rifles against humanity" and "disobey the orders of Trump.""
"Petro returned to Colombia on Saturday as intended, in accordance with a Sept. 18 decree on the delegation of powers during his absence. He said on X that he found out about his visa status upon his arrival. Petro, Colombia's first leftist president, used a post on X addressed to Trump to say that "international law grants me immunity to go to the U.N. and that there should be no reprisals for my free opinion, because I am a free person.""
The State Department revoked Gustavo Petro's visa after he urged U.S. soldiers to disobey President Trump's orders during a New York protest near the U.N. General Assembly, calling on soldiers not to point rifles at humanity. The revocation was described as a response to "reckless and incendiary actions." Petro returned to Colombia under a Sept. 18 decree and said he learned of the visa revocation upon arrival. He asserted international-law immunity for attending the U.N. and noted his European citizenship. Colombia severed diplomatic ties with Israel over the Israel-Hamas war, and Petro has described Israel's siege of Gaza as genocide. Long-standing cooperation with the U.S. on counternarcotics has coexisted with repeated clashes between Petro and the Trump administration.
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