Americans detained in Venezuela freed and returning home
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Venezuela has released 10 jailed U.S. citizens and permanent residents in exchange for getting home scores of migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador months ago under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
The three-nation agreement marks a diplomatic win for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, advances President Donald Trump’s effort to repatriate Americans imprisoned overseas, and delivers on a prisoner swap proposal initiated months ago by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, The Associated Press reported.
While Rubio sought to broker a swap, Grenell was quietly pursuing his own deal. Instead of focusing on a direct exchange of prisoners, he offered Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro a potential economic lifeline: allowing Chevron to keep its oil operations in Venezuela if the regime released American detainees.