On Monday morning, dozens of deported migrants, including some suspected members of the Tren de Aragua gang, arrived in Venezuela after the country resumed accepting repatriation flights from the United States.
Nearly 200 deportees were seen disembarking from the aircraft shortly after it landed at an airport near Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, early on Monday.
Video footage captured some of the migrants raising their arms in defiance as they stepped off the plane, seemingly mocking the United States just days after the Trump administration had sent a group of Venezuelans to the harsh prisons of El Salvador.
Other deportees were seen making the sign of the cross as they gratefully set foot on their homeland once again.
A source within Homeland Security told NewsNation that some of the migrants aboard the flight were affiliated with the dangerous Tren de Aragua gang.
The U.S. Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs announced the resumption of deportation flights to Venezuela, stating on X, “Today, deportation flights of Venezuelan illegal aliens to their homeland resumed via Honduras.”
The statement continued, “These individuals had no legal basis to remain in the United States. We expect to see a consistent flow of deportation flights to Venezuela going forward. Thank you to Honduran President Castro and her government for partnering to combat illegal immigration.”
This development comes after an agreement was reached between Venezuela and the United States over the weekend, allowing the resumption of flights carrying deported nationals, following the Trump administration’s crackdown on migrants.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro had halted deportation flights on March 8 in response to the U.S. Treasury Department’s move to revoke Chevron’s license to export oil from Venezuela.
The agreement to resume the deportation flights was made to ensure “the return of our compatriots to their nation with the safeguard of their Human Rights,” as explained by Maduro’s chief negotiator, Jorge Rodríguez.
Rodríguez emphasized, “Migrating is not a crime and we will not rest until we achieve the return of all those who require it and until we rescue our brothers kidnapped in El Salvador,” referring to the earlier deportation of hundreds of Venezuelans to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador, located 1,600 miles away.
Meanwhile, President Trump announced a new economic measure on Monday, stating that any country purchasing oil or gas from Venezuela would face a 25% tariff on all trade with the United States, marking one of the toughest economic sanctions imposed on Maduro’s regime.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump stated that Venezuela had been “very hostile” toward the United States, and announced that nations buying oil from Venezuela would be required to pay this new tariff starting on April 2.
Trump added that Venezuela would face a “secondary” tariff due to its association with the notorious Tren de Aragua gang.
{Matzav.com}

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