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. He said on X that he found out about his visa status upon his arrival. That means he does not need a visa to travel to the U.S.Colombia broke diplomatic ties with Israel last year over the Israel-Hamas war. Earlier this year, Petro resisted deportation flights using American military aircraft, leading to a diplomatic crisis as Trump threatened to retaliate with higher tariffs and visa suspensions. He said his country had lost the lives of “policemen, soldiers and regular citizens, trying to stop cocaine” from reaching the United States.