Colombia will reject deportation flights from the United States after Brazil decried the treatment of migrants arriving handcuffed and shackled, complicating President Donald Trump’s plans and providing a contrast with the cooperative acceptance of Mexico and Guatemala.

Donald Trump has secured a deportations breakthrough after Colombia's president offered his own plane to help take back illegal migrants from his country. A statement from president Gustavo Petro said he had "arranged the presidential plane to facilitate the dignified return of the compatriots" - a U-turn on his earlier vow to block the returns