Mexico Repatriates Venezuelans to Ease US Border Migration
- Mexico and Venezuela restart flights for Venezuela nationals
- Repatriation result of effort to tackle migration to US
Migrants walk along the US-Mexico border fence in Lukeville, Arizona, US, on Dec. 12.
Photographer: Eric Thayer/BloombergThis article is for subscribers only.
Mexico sent Venezuelan migrants home on two repatriation flights for the first time since January, part of a joint effort to reduce migration to the US.
The flights follow an agreement in October between Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and leaders of nine other Latin American nations that was presented to US President Joe Biden as a way to curb migration and disrupt drug traffickers.