US EditionEl Salvador's Bukele proposes prisoner swap with Maduro for Venezuelans deported from the U.S.
- El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele proposed a prisoner swap with Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro, offering 252 detainees in exchange for 252 political prisoners from Venezuela.
- Bukele criticized Maduro, stating Venezuelan detainees were part of operations against gangs, while Venezuelan political prisoners committed no crimes and are imprisoned for opposing Maduro.
- Venezuela's Attorney General Tarek William Saab called Bukele's proposal 'cynical' and questioned the status of prisoners in El Salvador.
- El Salvador’s Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas urged Bukele not to let the country become 'a big international prison'.
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Los Angeles Times
Independent EspañolOn Sunday, Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas of San Salvador asked the government of President Nayib Bukele not to turn the country into a “great” international prison, in reference to the flights that the Central American nation has received since mid-March with Venezuelan and Salvadoran migrants deported by the United States after being identified as alleged gang members.
A doll with photographs of Presidents Nayib Bukele and Donald Trump burned on Sunday in Caracas during the burning of Judas, a Easter tradition that was used to protest the sending of Venezuelan migrants in the United States to a Salvadoran jail. The ritual coincided with an offer by the Salvadoran president to his Venezuelan pair, Nicolás Maduro, to exchange 252 Venezuelans under his custody for the same amount of "political prisoners." These V…
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El Salvador offers prisoner swap to Venezuela involving US deportees
El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele offered to swap 252 detained Venezuelans for political prisoners and foreign nationals held in Venezuela. He framed the deal as a humanitarian gesture aimed at freeing opposition figures and journalists. Venezuela pushed back, demanding legal records and accusing El Salvador of violating human rights. The U.S. has backed El Salvador’s detentions, but courts recently paused further deportations amid legal and …
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