India, Jan. 27 -- The Donald Trump administration of the United States on Sunday paused the sanctions it imposed on Colombia after the South American nation took a U-turn on deportation flights.

Colombia's government "agreed to all of President Trump's terms, including the unrestricted acceptance of all illegal aliens from Colombia returned from the United States, including on US military aircraft, without limitation or delay," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.

Leavitt said the tariff orders will be "held in reserve, and not signed." But Leavitt said Trump would maintain visa restrictions on Colombian officials and enhanced customs inspections of goods from the country, "until the first planeload of Colom...