Following a deal reached between the two countries, Venezuela agreed to continue relocation planes carrying deported citizens from the United States. Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela, earlier this month, imposed a temporary end on the country.
The decision was made on social media by Jorge Rodriguez, chairman of Venezuela’s national council and Maduro’s top communicator with the US.
” We have reached a deal with the US government to allow us to continue the relocation of Venezuelan refugees with an initial journey tomorrow, Sunday,” Rodriguez said. He added that the action seeks to “protect the protection of our fellow citizens’ people rights” and guarantee” the gain of our colleagues to their country.”
The US Treasury Department’s decision to revoke Chevron’s import certificate for Venezuelan oil was the catalyst for the repatriation program’s suspension on March 8. However, it appears as though the hostilities have subsided, allowing for resumed airlines.
Rodriguez also criticized the administration of US President Donald Trump’s imprisonment of about 250 Venezuelans to a high-security jail in El Salvador.
Migrating is not a murder, he said, and we will never rest until we can recover all those who need it and can save our brothers who have been kidnapped in El Salvador.
In a later moment, Maduro reaffirmed the government’s dedication to resettlement at a press conference.
He declared,” We are resuming planes to save and relieve workers from US prison,” while holding Venezuela’s President Nayib Bukele accountable for the safety of the deported Venezuelans.
You guarantee their heath, and sooner rather than later, you must hand them over and discharge them because they have been kidnapped, Maduro said.
The deported people were alleged to be members of Tren de Aragua, a infamous Venezuelan criminal gang, by Trump’s leadership. Trump referred to the group as an “invading power” on March 15th when he invoked the 18th-century law allowing the repatriation of non-citizens during wartime.
While some planes were still in transit, a federal judge cuffed the arrests.
Around 532, 000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela have been in the US since October 2022, according to the US department of homeland security ( DHS).
These refugees who were granted financial support, two-year citizenship, and work allows did lose their constitutional position on April 24 or 30 days after the Federal Register publishes the notice.
Tren de Aragua has been designated a foreign criminal organization by the US department of state. The group started in Cuban prisons and disperse as millions of Venezuelans escaped the country’s economic decline.
Trump’s presidency has yet to give proof that the emigrants were members of the gang or that they had committed crimes in the US despite his claims.
