Venezuela reaches deal to accept deported migrants from U.S.

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Venezuelan authoritative likens deportations to El Salvador situation to commencement of "concentration camp" 05:25

Venezuela volition erstwhile again judge repatriation flights from the United States carrying its deported nationals aft reaching an statement with the U.S., a Venezuelan authoritative said connected societal media Saturday.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro suspended flights connected March 8, aft the U.S. Treasury Department announced the withdrawal of Chevron's licence to export Venezuelan oil.

"We person agreed with the U.S. authorities to resume the repatriation of Venezuelan migrants with an archetypal formation tomorrow, Sunday," said Jorge Rodríguez, president of Venezuela's Assembly and Maduro's main negotiator with the U.S.

Venezuela accepted the woody to warrant the "the instrumentality of our compatriots to their federation with the safeguard of their Human Rights," Rodríguez said.

In his statement, Rodríguez referred to the deportation by President Trump's authorities of respective 100 Venezuelans to a high-security situation successful El Salvador.

"Migrating is not a transgression and we volition not remainder until we execute the instrumentality of each those who necessitate it and until we rescue our brothers kidnapped successful El Salvador," Rodríguez said.

Maduro ratified the measurement during a nationalist lawsuit aboriginal successful the day. "We are resuming flights to rescue and merchandise migrants from U.S. prisons," Maduro said.

The Venezuelan person besides said that helium held the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, liable for the well-being of the Venezuelans deported to that country.

"You warrant their wellness and, sooner alternatively than later, you person to manus them implicit and merchandise them, due to the fact that they are kidnapped," Maduro said.

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Mr. Trump alleged the deportees were members of the Tren de Aragua gang. He labeled the Tren de Aragua an invading unit connected March 15 erstwhile helium invoked the Alien Enemies Act, a little-used authorization from 1798 that allows the president to deport immoderate non-citizen during wartime. A national justice issued an bid temporarily barring the deportations, but flights were successful the aerial erstwhile the ruling came down.

Tren de Aragua, which the U.S. Department of State designated a overseas violent organization, originated successful a situation successful the South American country. Members accompanied an exodus of millions of Venezuelans, the overwhelming bulk of whom were seeking amended surviving conditions aft their nation's system came undone past decade.

The Trump medication has not provided grounds that the deportees are members of Tren de Aragua oregon that they committed immoderate transgression successful the U.S.

CBS News obtained a database of the names of the 238 Venezuelan men who were deported to El Salvador past play aboard those 3 flights. U.S. officials person said 137 of them were treated arsenic "enemy aliens" and removed from the state nether the 18th period law. The different 101 were deported nether regular migration procedures, the officials person said.

Documents obtained by CBS News showed that astatine slightest one of the men deported, a 26-year-old barber from Venezuela, has nary transgression grounds successful the U.S., and Venezuelan officials said helium has nary grounds determination either.

Maduro's authorities has mostly refused the introduction of immigrants deported from the U.S. Those deportations person sharply picked up since Trump took bureau connected Jan. 20.

In caller weeks, immoderate 350 radical were deported to Venezuela, including immoderate 180 who spent up to 16 days astatine the U.S. naval basal successful Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The Trump medication said that the Venezuelans sent to Guantanamo are members of Tren de Aragua, but offered small grounds to backmost this up.