In apparent deal between three countries, Venezuelan official said country would resume accepting US deporteesA group of Venezuelan immigrants have been deported from the US to Honduras and then sent on to Venezuela, after an apparent deal between the three countries.The flights came one day after a Venezuelan government official announced on social media it would resume accepting deportees from the US. Deportations from the US to Venezuela, which have rarely taken place, have been a point of dispute for the Trump administration. Continue reading...
The US resumed deporting Venezuelan immigrants to Venezuela via Honduras following an apparent deal between the three countries. The deportations, which had been infrequent and contentious, occurred after a Venezuelan official announced the country would accept deportees again. The first deportation took place last month, with the US deporting 177 Venezuelan immigrants who were previously detained at the Guantánamo Bay naval base. These deportations occur amidst heightened tensions between the US and Venezuela and an increase in operations targeting Venezuelan immigrants in the US. The US expects a consistent flow of deportation flights to Venezuela going forward.