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The Trump administration announced late Friday it is revoking the U.S. visa of Colombian President Gustavo Petro over alleged “reckless and incendiary actions” in New York City.
“Earlier today, Colombian president @petrogustavo stood on a NYC street and urged U.S. soldiers to disobey orders and incite violence,” read a post on the U.S. State Department’s X account. “We will revoke Petro’s visa due to his reckless and incendiary actions.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Colombian embassy but did not hear back before publication.
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President of Colombia Gustavo Petro Urrego addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at U.N. headquarters (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
The visa revocation comes on the heels of the annual meeting of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City this week.
Videos circulating online show the Colombian president addressing a crowd gathered at a demonstration against Israel and its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who was in New York City Friday to address the assembly.
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In a fiery speech earlier this week, Petro called for a criminal investigation against President Donald Trump and other administration officials over deadly strikes on boats in the Caribbean that the White House said were carrying drugs.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks at the International Workers’ Day march in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Petro repudiated the attacks, calling them an “act of tyranny,” while also accusing Trump of criminalizing poverty and migration.
“Criminal proceedings must be opened against those officials, who are from the U.S., even if it includes the highest-ranking official who gave the order: President Trump,” Petro said…
