Caracas, Venezuela — Venezuela will once again accept repatriation flights from the US carrying deported citizens after reaching an agreement with the US, Venezuelan officials said on social media on Saturday.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro suspended flights on March 8 after the US Treasury Department announced the withdrawal of Chevron's license to export Venezuelan oil.
“We are accused of the Venezuelan Congress and the chief negotiator for the US and Maduro,” said Jorge Rodriguez, Venezuela's Congress president and chief negotiator.
Venezuela accepted the contract to ensure “the return of our fellow nations to their nation with the protection of human rights,” Rodriguez said.
In his statement, Rodriguez mentioned the deportation of around 250 Venezuelan governments from the Donald Trump government to El Salvador's high security prisons.
“Moving is not a crime, we will not rest until we achieve the return of all those who need it, and until we save our temptation brothers in El Salvador,” Rodriguez said.
Trump claimed that Denner was a member of the Tren de Aragua gang. He named Tren DeLagua the Invasion Army on March 15 when he summoned the alien enemy law, a small amount of authority from 1798 that allowed the president to expel non-citizens during wartime. A federal judge issued an order temporarily banning deportation, but was in flight when the sentence was issued.
Tren de Aragua, designated by the US State Department as a foreign terrorist organization, was born in a prison in a South American country. Members accompanied millions of Venezuelans on the escape. The majority of him were hoping for better living conditions after cancelling the past decade.
Trump's administration has not provided evidence that Denner is a member of Tren de Aragua or that they committed a crime in the US
Since Trump took office on January 20th, Maduro's government has largely refused entry to immigrants deported from the United States.
In recent weeks, around 350 people have been deported to Venezuela. This includes around 180 people who spent up to 16 days at a US Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The Trump administration said the Venezuelans sent to Guantanamo were members of Tren de Aragua, but little evidence was provided to back this up.
