US EditionVenezuela approves migrant repatriation flight from U.S.
Venezuela approved twice-weekly deportation flights from the U.S. after a request, with over 13,000 Venezuelans returned this year amid ongoing bilateral tensions.
- On Tuesday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro approved a repatriation flight from the United States, confirming twice-weekly returns will continue following a U.S. request.
- President Donald Trump's Saturday call to treat Venezuelan airspace as `closed in its entirety` alarmed Caracas, leading the Venezuelan government to announce a Saturday suspension of flights.
- An overflight and landing application submitted Monday by Eastern Airlines requests a Wednesday arrival at Maiquetia, and Venezuela's foreign affairs minister made it public Tuesday as the Aeronautic Authority received a U.S. request to restart flights.
- More than 13,000 migrants have been deported this year on dozens of chartered flights, with Venezuelan authorities reporting nearly 14,000 returned between February and November.
- The Trump administration says its strikes target drug cartels linked to Maduro, and repatriation flights continue despite U.S. military action against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs.
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Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, expressed his confidence this Thursday that “week after week” will continue the agreement signed in January of this year with the administration of his US counterpart, Donald Trump, to receive migrants, despite the growing tensions between Caracas and Washington. The president recalled that on Wednesday, December 3, a plane of the US airline Eastern Airlines landed in his country with 266 returnees from Pho…
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Venezuela: U.S. deportation flights continue despite airspace closure threat
A flight carrying 266 Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States arrived in Caracas on Wednesday on a U.S. airline plane, following statements by President Donald Trump that Venezuelan airspace should be considered closed
The Trump administration is continuing deportations to Venezuela, despite warnings of blocked airspace. The political situation remains tense.
Despite Donald Trump's warning to close Venezuelan airspace a few days ago, a plane of evicted migrants from the United States landed on Wednesday, December 3 in Caracas. 266 Venezuelans landed at the international airport.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KTLO) - The Venezuelan government approves the resumption of flights for people deported from the U.S. The post Deportation flights to Venezuela will continue appeared first on KRDO.
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