El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele offered to return 252 Venezuelans detained in his country in exchange for the release of an equal number of people held in Venezuela, including opposition figures, journalists, and foreign nationals. Bukele described the prisoner swap as a humanitarian proposal and claimed Maduro’s government imprisoned the detainees for political reasons.
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El Salvador offers prisoner swap to Venezuela involving US deportees

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El Salvador offers Venezuela a detainee swap, raising tensions over migrant detentions, political prisoners, and U.S. deportation policy.

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