The Venezuelan regime led by Nicolás Maduro has pledged to take all possible actions to secure the return of over 200 Venezuelans deported by the United States to El Salvador, where they are now incarcerated in the country's infamous high-security prison.
Jorge Rodríguez, president of Venezuela's regime-friendly National Assembly, said during a press conference that officials would resort to "all countries and bilateral relations, legal strategies" to bring the nationals back. "We will even talk to the devil so that Venezuelans are returned to their homes," Rodríguez stated, as reported by The Miami Herald.
Rodríguez also claimed that minors were among those deported, alleging that 14-year-old Venezuelans were "savagely kidnapped" without due process. He accused U.S. authorities of seizing deportees' personal belongings as well.
The Trump administration deported 238 Venezuelans over the weekend, accusing them of being members of the Venezuelan-born "Tren de Aragua" gang, which the U.S. recently designated a foreign terrorist organization. The deportees were sent to El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) under an agreement between the Trump administration and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele.
A video released by Bukele's government showed deportees being escorted from aircraft in restraints, forced to kneel, and having their heads shaved by security officials.
Venezuela's government has rejected the deportations as unlawful, criticizing the use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, a statute previously invoked during World War II to intern Japanese-Americans. Through a statement reported by BBC, the Maduro regime called the measure "an illegal, anachronistic action" that violates international law and human rights agreements and described the deportations as evoking "the darkest episodes of human history, from slavery to the horror of Nazi concentration camps."
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The Trump administration stated that the deportation flights departed before a U.S. federal judge issued a temporary halt and maintained that the president has constitutional authority in matters of foreign policy and national security. El Salvador agreed to hold up to 300 migrants for one year at a reported cost of $6 million, with Bukele stating, "The U.S. will pay a low price for them, but a high price for us."
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