Americans being held in Venezuela have been released in exchange for Venezuelan migrants being held in El Salvador after being deported from the U.S., the State Department announced on Friday.
“Today, thanks to President Trump’s leadership and commitment to the American people, the United States welcomes home ten Americans who were detained in Venezuela. Until today, more Americans were wrongfully held in Venezuela than any other country in the world. It is unacceptable that Venezuelan regime representatives arrested and jailed U.S. nationals under highly questionable circumstances and without proper due process. Every wrongfully detained American in Venezuela is now free and back in our homeland,” Rubio said in an official statement.
The detaining of Americans has been used by the Venezuelan government as a negotiating tactic with the Trump administration. The deportation of roughly 250 Venezuelan illegal immigrants from the U.S. to El Salvador made national headlines with the administration accusing many of being part of the violent Tren de Aragua gang.
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