Madrid, Spain.- A group of 174 Venezuelan migrants was repatriated on Wednesday from the United States, The Venezuelan state television channel (VTV) D reportedDuring a transmission from the Simón Bolívar Maiquetía International Airport, located in the vicinity of Caracas.
The group of deportees, 145 are men and 29 women, arrived in Venezuela aboard an Airbus 340-200 operated by the state airline Conviasa, who stopped in Honduras before arriving in the country.
Upon arrival, migrants were received by the Minister of Penitentiary Services, Julio García, together with police and military officials. However, no authority has offered public statements about the procedure or on the state in which the returnees are.
The state media indicated that newcomers will be subject to a revision process by different state agencies, without specifying which or detailing what this procedure will consist.
This flight is part of a growing number of Deportations That they have intensified since the beginning of the second term of US President Donald Trump, on January 20. According to VTV, in addition to those deported directly to Venezuela, the total figure, which amounts to 2,731 people, also contemplates those who have been returned via Honduras or have voluntarily returned from Mexico.
This week the Salvadoran President, Nayib Bukelehe proposed to the regime of Nicolás Maduro the repatriation of 252 Venezuelans detained in El Salvador, in exchange for the release of an equivalent number of political prisoners in Venezuela. The proposal was rejected by the Venezuelan government.
After the refusal, Bukele publicly questioned Maduro’s sincerity, remembering that he had promised to do “everything necessary” to achieve the liberation of his compatriots. “Then I was lying?” Wrote the Salvadoran president, who described the position of the Venezuelan leader as a “media show.” In addition, he criticized that Maduro received relatives of the detainees at the Miraflores Palace, suggesting that it was a propaganda act without true will to dialogue.
