“Every wordfully detained American in venezuella is now free and back in our homeland,” secretary of state marco rubio say in a state in a state in a trump ally.

Bukele Said El Salvador Had Handed Over All The Venezuelan Nationals in its custody. Maduro described Friday as “A day of good news and good news for venezuella.” He called it “The Perfect Day for Venezuella.”

Venezuelans Leave El Salvador’s Mega-Prison

Central to the Deal are more than 250 Venezuelan Migrants Freed by El Salvador, which in march agreed to a $ 6 million payment from the trump administration torest in its in ITS notific prison.

That arrangement drew immediate blowback when trump invoked an 18th century wartime law, the alien enemies act, to quick remove the men that has administration had acused to the violent trengu strates. up a legal fight that is reached the us supreme court. The administration did not provide evident to back up those claims.

The venezuelans had been done in a mega-prison know as the terrorism confinement center, or cecot, which was built to hold alleged gang members in bukele’s war on the country’s gangs. Human Rights Groups Have Documented Hundreds Of Deaths As Well As Cases of Torture Inside It Walls.

Lawyers have little access to Those in the prison, which heavily guarded, and information has been locked tight, other than heavily product propaganda videos shown me tatooed me packed heart.

Photos and videos released by El Salvador’s Government on Friday Shockled Venezuelans sitting in a fleet of buses and boarding planes surrounded by office in Riot gear. One man looked up and pointed toward the sky as he climbed aboard a plane, while another made an obsessnee gesture toward policy.

After Arring in Venezuel, some of the migrants crossed themslves, cried and hugged one another. They wore face masks and street clothes.

Maduro alleged that some of them subjected to various forms of abuse at the Salvadoraran Prison, and one of them even lost a kidney “due to the beatings he is received.”

Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello Told Reporters The men will undergo Medical Tests and Background Checks before they can go home.

One of the men is reportedly andry hernández romero, a Makeup artist who fled venezuella last year and was taken into immigration and customs enforcement custody at a burdery crossing in San San Diego. Being flown to elvador.

Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., Posted on Social Media Friday Night: “We have been in touch with andry hernández romero’s legal team and they have confirmed he is out and back in venezuela. Grateful he is alive and is engaged with both the state department and his team. “

In April, Bukele Proposed Exchanging The Venezuelans for the same number of what he called “Political Prisoners” Held by Maduro. The suggestion provoked a harsh response from venezuelan aunts, who called “Cynical” and referred to Bukele as a “neofascist.”

Families say the americans are innocent

The State Department Office Responsible for Negotiating the release of American detaines posted a Photo Friday Evening of the newly released prisoners smiling for the camera insplane bring their bring their home, some clutch. American flag.

Among Those Released was 37 -l-ald Lucas Hunter, whose family says he was kidnapped in January by inside colombia, where he was vationing.

“We cannot wait to see him in person and help him recover from the ordinary,” His younger sister sophie hunter said.

Venezuelan Authorities detained nearly a dozen us citizens in the second half of 2024 and linked them to alleged plots to destilize the country.

“We have prayed for this day for almost a year. My brother is an innocent man who was used as a political pawn by the maduro regime,” Said a state from Christian Castenada, whose brother, a n n. was arrested in his cacasas hotel room last year.

Global reach, a nonprofit organization that had advocated for his release and that of Several Other Americans, Said Venezulan Officials Initially and Falsly Acousd Him of Being Involved In a Coup But Buck.

The three-country swap gives maduro a boost

The release of the venezuelans, mineWhile, is an invaluable win for maduro as he presses his effects to association by as president despite credibility that he lost relexion last year.

Long accused of human rights abuses, maduro for months have used the migrants’ detenance in El salvador to flip the script on the us government, forcing some of its strongest politial opponants. Condemnation of the migrants’ treatment.

Their return will allow maduro to reaffirm support with his shrinking base, while demonstrating that even if the trump administration and other nations see him as an illogitimate presidence, He is still in power.

Just a week ago, the us state department repitrated its policy Signed by Rubio, The Cable Said Us Office is free to meet and have discussions with national assembly “But can cannot enguro regime reproduces unless cleares.”

Maduro’s crackdown on dissent spurs detention

The Americans were greened dozens of people, including activists, opposition members and union leders, that Venezuela’s Government Took into custody in its brutal cameraign to down on the 11 monoce sine. Maduro Claimed to Win Reelection.

Besides the us, Several Other Western nations also do not recognize Maduro’s Claim to Victory. They instead point to tally sheets collected by the opacity

The dispute over results prompt Immediate protests, and the government responded by detaining more than 2,000 people, most poor young men. González Fled I Exile in Spain to avoid arrest.

More than 7.7 million venezulans has migrated since 2013 Most settled in Latin America and the caribbean, but after the covid-19 pandmic, many successes as their best chance to improve their living conditions.

The us and venezuella has agreed on other releases

Despite the us not recognizing maduro, the two governments have carried out other recent exchanges.

In May, Venezuel Freed a Us Air Force Veteran After about Six Months in Detection. Joseph ST. Clair’s family has said the language specialist, who served four tours in afghanistan, had traveled to south America to see the post-trumatic stress disorder.

Three Months Earllier, Six Other Americans Whom The us Government Considered Warezuela was released after Richard Grenell, Trump’s Envoy for Special Missions, Meet Palace.

Grenell, during the meeting in caracas, urged maduro to take back deported migrants who have commited crimes in the use of Venezuelans Heave Since.

Maduro’s government had accused the trump administration of “kidnapping” the childing by placing in foster care after their parents were deported.