US revokes Colombian president's visa after UN visit

Gustavo Petro told US soldiers to "disobey Trump's orders" while addressing a protest in New York.

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The State Department described Petro's comments at a pro-Palestinian street protest on Friday as "reckless and incendiary".

The Colombian leader was in the US for the UN General Assembly, where earlier this week he called for a criminal inquiry into the Trump administration's airstrikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean.

He was already on his way back to Bogota when the US announced it would cancel his visa, Colombian media reports.

Petro shared a video on social media of him addressing a large crowd through a megaphone in Spanish on Friday.