The primary flight carrying 199 migrants from Venezuela from the US landed on Monday.
A flight carrying 199 Venezuelan migrants landed Maiquetía early on Monday, the nation’s Inside Minister Diosdado Cabello informed state-run Venezuelan TV.
The group arrived on aircraft from Honduras after they had been deported from the US.
“199 compatriots, 199 Venezuelan colleagues returning to their homeland,” had been on board, Cabello informed VTV.
The flight is the primary since Venezuelan and US officers struck a deal to renew repatriation flights on Saturday, following a two-week lengthy stand off after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro suspended flights.
Maduro refused to obtain flights from the US carrying deported migrants after US President Donald Trump introduced he would withdraw Chevron’s license to export Venezuelan oil.
The Venezuelan chief stated the choice “affected” flights to Venezuela, prompting members of the Trump administration to threaten additional sanctions on the nation.
Venezuelan officers confirmed on Saturday {that a} deal between the pair had been reached.
“Now we have agreed with the US authorities to renew the repatriation of Venezuelan migrants with an preliminary flight tomorrow, Sunday, March 23,” Jorge Rodríguez, the president of Venezuela’s Meeting, posted on social media.
In his assertion, Rodríguez additionally referred to the deportation by the Trump administration of some 250 Venezuelans to a high-security jail in El Salvador.
Trump has accused, with out offering proof, these migrants of being members of the Tren de Aragua gang — a chosen US overseas terrorist organisation.
“Migrating shouldn’t be against the law and we is not going to relaxation till we obtain the return of all those that require it and till we rescue our brothers kidnapped in El Salvador,” Rodríguez stated.
The Venezuelan chief additionally stated that he held the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, accountable for the well-being of the Venezuelans deported to that nation.
“You assure their well being and, sooner quite than later, you need to hand them over and launch them, as a result of they’re kidnapped,” Maduro stated.
