Venezuela announced on Saturday that it has reached an agreement with the United States to restart repatriation flights for migrants, as stated by Jorge Rodriguez, the President of the country’s Parliament.
Rodriguez indicated that the flights would commence on Sunday.
“Migrating is not a crime, and we will not rest until everyone who wishes to return is home, and we rescue our kidnapped brothers in El Salvador,” the statement emphasized.
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This development occurs amid ongoing diplomatic tensions between the United States and Venezuela regarding the recent deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador.
The White House has not yet responded to a request for comment.
Under President Donald Trump’s expedited deportation initiative, numerous Venezuelan migrants were sent to a prison in El Salvador.
Families and attorneys have been actively seeking information about their relatives and clients, who have become unreachable, and are demanding their return to Venezuela.
The United States has asserted that the deportees sent to El Salvador were affiliated with Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang, a claim that has been refuted by Venezuela’s interior minister.
The Trump administration is now facing a deadline of March 25 to respond to a judicial request for further information regarding the deportations to El Salvador, as U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington evaluates whether officials violated his order that temporarily halted the expulsions.
