Colombian pro-Trump lawmaker asks Petro for help after ICE arrests her son
News from Latin America and Mercosur [Unofficial]
February 17, 2026
Colombian Conservative congresswoman Ángela Vergara says her 22-year-old son, Rafael Alfonso Vergara, has been detained in the United States by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and had spent “18 days jailed and chained” when she first went public.
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