Venezuela on Friday released 10 jailed U.S. citizens and permanent residents in a deal that secured the return of dozens of migrants previously deported by the United States to El Salvador under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, officials confirmed.
The three-nation agreement marks a diplomatic win for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, advances President Donald Trump’s effort to repatriate Americans imprisoned overseas, and delivers on a prisoner swap proposal initiated months ago by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, The Associated Press reported.
“Every wrongfully detained American in Venezuela is now free and back in our homeland,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement in which he thanked Bukele, a Trump ally.
