Venezuela had a 25% drop in violent deaths from 2022 to 2023, according to the independent Venezuelan Observatory of Violence. But it’s not because the government is emptying prisons and sending criminals to the U.S., as Donald Trump said.

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Venezuela had a 25% drop in violent deaths from 2022 to 2023, according to the independent Venezuelan Observatory of Violence. But it’s not because the government is emptying prisons and sending criminals to the U.S., as Donald Trump said.

At his campaign rallies, former President Donald Trump usually repeats a vague, unfounded claim: Countries worldwide are