Trump admin revokes Colombian president’s visa over alleged ‘reckless and incendiary actions’

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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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. 

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 of the strikes, adding that boat passengers were not members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang as the Trump administration claimed after the first attack.

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If the boats were carrying drugs as alleged by the U.S. government, Petro said, their passengers "were not drug traffickers; they were simply poor young people from Latin America who had no other option."

Petro, a former Marxist guerrilla and Colombia’s first leftist leader, has had a rocky relationship with Trump since the inauguration.

In January, Trump threatened to impose 50% tariffs on all imports from the Latin American country if it did not accept military planes full of deported Colombians as part of Trump’s deportation sweep. Petro threatened to retaliate with counter tariffs but later relented and agreed to lift his ban on the flights. 

In April, Petro claimed that the Trump administration had revoked his travel visa to the U.S. During a cabinet meeting that month, Petro said he could not attend meetings with international organizations in Washington, D.C., because "they took away my visa." 

"I didn’t need to have one, but anyway, I’ve already seen Donald Duck several times, so I’ll go see other things," Petro said. 

Fox News Digital's Caitlin McFall, Anders Hagstrom and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

North Carolina family still recovering a year after Hurricane Helene destroyed home

Nearly one year ago, Hurricane Helene downgraded to a tropical storm and surged right through Western North Carolina, destroying over 74,000 homes and causing around $60 billion in damages, according to the governor's office.

Some families are still trying to figure out how to move forward a year after the storm. 

"My entire 20th year of life has been recovering from a storm," Amiyah Keele said while reflecting on the past 12 months with her mother, Jessica.

The Keeles currently live in a camper on a property in Burnsville, North Carolina, after Helene sent about four feet of water through their home on Sept. 27, 2024. Their camper is right next to a house with other family members.

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The Keeles first spoke with FOX back in November, while they were stocking up on fuel for their generators. 

"The water was too high and too fast, like we - just made it out," Amiyah said. The Keele family waded through the raging river until they were safe with their neighbors, staying for nearly a week.

In the aftermath of the storm, the majority of the region had no cell service, electricity or running water.

"About a week of just — just nothing, like we didn’t know if anybody else we knew were(sic) okay," Amiyah said. 

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After about a week, volunteers and donations began pouring into the region from all over the country.

One group set up a distribution and supply site just a couple miles down the road from the Keeles. The only way they could get there was by walking, but the family went nearly every day to help volunteer. 

"[About] five days later and luckily, we were blessed with wonderful tents," Jessica told FOX. For nearly a month, the family stayed in tents as recovery began around them.

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Volunteers and nonprofit organizations also donated a new car and generators to the Keeles. 

Amiyah said a heater is a "godsend" when "you're trying to sleep in a tent." Not too long after, the family was blessed with a camper by a nonprofit.

"It didn’t have power or water, but it was better than a tent," Jessica said. 

The Keeles are still living in the donated camper. Since then, they've received a couple of donated sheds, which hold some of their belongings. Damaged appliances and furniture still sit outside their flooded home.

"Samaritan's Purse is great. They came and mucked out the house and had a snowball fight with my son," Jessica said.

Meanwhile, a simple reminder to keep on going through the trauma and obstacles is a wooden sign hanging in the donated camper that said "so this is not Home Sweet Home…ADJUST!"

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Jessica said the sign survived the flood.

She told FOX, "We’re actually doing great compared to some people," and Amiyah chimed in, "And we’re still struggling."

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