Venezuela Takes US Deportees Again After Trump-Maduro Reset

Two state-owned Conviasa planes arrived in Texas on Monday
US president’s special envoy visited Caracas on Jan. 31

Migrants from Venezuela wait to enter El Paso, Texas, from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in 2024.Photographer: Christian Monterrosa/AFP/Getty Images

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By Bloomberg News

February 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM UTC

Updated on

February 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM UTC

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Venezuela has accepted its first two repatriation flights for deportees from the US after President Donald Trump’s special envoy and Nicolás Maduro agreed to a fresh start and the release of six American prisoners.

The two flights — with 95 deportees each — were operated by state-run airline Conviasa and landed at the international airport in Maiquetia, just a few miles away from Caracas, on Monday evening, said Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello. Video aired on state TV showed him addressing them on the plane when they arrived.