US EditionTrump Officials Pursued 2 Venezuelan Prisoner Swaps, Both Failed: Report
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, JUL 9 – The Trump administration pursued two conflicting prisoner swap deals involving about 80 Venezuelan political prisoners and 250 migrants detained in El Salvador, complicating efforts to secure releases.
- During early 2024, the Trump administration pursued two separate prisoner swap deals with Venezuela involving American and Venezuelan detainees.
- These efforts emerged amid longstanding U.S. sanctions on Venezuela and conflicting diplomatic channels, with envoy Richard Grenell and Secretary Marco Rubio negotiating independently.
- Grenell proposed a deal to Venezuela that involved permitting Chevron to maintain its oil production activities in the country in return for the release of American detainees, a condition that Venezuela found more appealing than the terms presented by Rubio.
- The swaps would have freed about 11 Americans and 80 Venezuelan political prisoners jailed for protesting elections, in exchange for repatriating around 250 Venezuelan migrants held in El Salvador.
- Lack of coordination between U.S. negotiators caused confusion among Venezuelan officials, leaving both sides without a finalized deal and prisoners still detained.
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Negotiations for a prisoner swap between the United States and Venezuela broke down as two top US officials held talks with Venezuelans separately without any coordination, according to a report.
Trump officials pursued 2 Venezuelan prisoner swaps, both failed: Report
What was meant to be a strategic deal to bring Americans home from Venezuelan prisons was derailed by competing diplomatic efforts within the Trump administration, according to The New York Times. The two separate sets of negotiations with Venezuela reportedly led to confusion and no deal being made, according to the report. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had been working on a prisoner exchange that would have freed 11 Americans and dozens of Ve…
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Due to conflicting efforts by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Richard Grenell, the Trump administration bungled a deal that would have freed 11 U.S. citizens and green card holders detained in Venezuela, along with a number of Venezuelan political prisoners, according to a new report from The New York Times. The two diplomats brought contradictory deals to the same Venezuelan officials. Under Rubio’s deal, in exchange for Venezu…
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Due to conflicting efforts by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Richard Grenell, the Trump administration bungled a deal that would have freed 11 U.S. citizens and green card holders detained in Venezuela, along with a number of Venezuelan political prisoners, according to a new report from The New York Times.The two diplomats brought contradictory deals to the same Venezuelan officials.Under Rubio’s deal, in exchange for Venezuel…
Washington.- The main diplomat of the Trump administration, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, was overseeing an agreement to release several Americans and dozens of political prisoners detained in Venezuela in exchange for sending home some 250 Venezuelan immigrants that the United States had deported to El Salvador. But the agreement was never concluded. Part of the reason: President Donald Trump's envoy to Venezuela was working on his own agreem…
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