Al Salvador is withdrawing dozens of Venezuela, in exchange for American citizens held in Venezuela, the US and Al Salvador governments announced on Friday.
The Central American country sent around 250 prisoners to its notorious Sikot (Center for the Tource of Terrorism) jail in exchange for the release of 10 American citizens from Venezuela.
Planners of exiles exempted from the US to Al Salvador are going to come to Venezuela, Venezuela on Friday.
Relations between Salvadorian leader Baukele and US President Donald Trump have warmly warmly warmed up in recent months, especially the bouquet has agreed to take the deported American migrants into custody.
A senior administration official told reporters on Friday that, with the release, there are no American citizens being organized by Nicholas Maduro’s government in Venezuela.
Bukele said in a post on X, “Today, we have handed over to all Venezuela citizens detained in our country, who are accused of being part of the Criminal Organization Train de Argu (TDA).”
He said the exchange was “for a large number of venezuela political prisoners” as well as in exchange for American citizens.
In a separate post, US State Secretary Mark Rubio confirmed the exchange and thanked and thanked US officials.
The people of Venezuela were originally deported by the US under the 1798 Alien Enemy Act under the Trump Administration under the Trump Administration under the Trump Administration, which gives an American President the power to detain and deafen the original inhabitants or citizens of nations without general procedures.
A senior official of the Trump administration told reporters on Friday that Al Salvador made a “independent decision” to release Venezuela prisoners – which he considers a member of the gang – for human reasons.
Venezuela’s exchange for Americans facilitated by Al Salvador exposed strong relations between Trump and Bukle -the self -style “the world’s best dictator”.
The administration official said, “The deal was not possible without the President’s call.” “We expand our deep, deep gratitude.”
The Salvadoran leader visited Trump at the White House in April, where the pair appeared favorable, as they used to talk to reporters, often laugh and break jokes together.
Bukele has supported the exile of the United States migrants, which is in the maximum security jail of Al Salvador.
Trump said at the time that “are really helping” by making these prevention facilitated, because the Salvadoron President replied that his country “is very keen to help”.
Around the same time, Boukele first swap -exchanged Venezuela for Venezuela, in which the family members, journalists and activists of the opponents of Venezuela were detained in a government election crack in 2024.
“The only reason they are imprisoned, you and your electoral fraud are to oppose,” he wrote to Maduro on X.
“However, I propose a human agreement that includes a repatriation of 100% of 252 Venezuela, which was deported, which were in exchange for the release and surrender of a similar number (252) of thousands of political prisoners organized by you.”
The senior administration official said that while the deal belongs to American citizens kept only in Venezuela, the Trump administration is still actively working on the release of “dozens of” of political prisoners organized by the Maduro government.
