Migrants freed from El Salvador reach Venezuela in US prisoner deal

11 articles, oldest first.

1. Washington Examiner

   US-Venezuela exchange frees 10 Americans in deal releasing migrants ↗ (opens Washington Examiner)

   Published Jul 17, 2025

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   Key elements of the three-country deal involving the prisoner swap were originally proposed by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele in April.

2. Al Jazeera

   Venezuela frees 10 Americans in swap for deported migrants in El Salvador ↗ (opens Al Jazeera)

   Published Jul 17, 2025

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   President Donald Trump had deported nearly 200 Venezuelan men to an El Salvador prison, raising fears for their safety.

3. CNN

   Trump administration completes large-scale prisoner swap with Venezuela ↗ (opens CNN)

   Published Jul 17, 2025

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   About 250 Venezuelans deported from the US and currently held in El Salvador were sent back to Venezuela in exchange for the remaining American hostages held there.

4. Latin Times

   U.S. Allegedly Orchestrates Prisoner Swap with Venezuela Using Detainees Held in El Salvador ↗ (opens Latin Times)

   Published Jul 17, 2025

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   The United States has reportedly arranged for El Salvador to transfer Venezuelan detainees to Caracas in exchange for the release of ten individuals held by the Venezuelan government

5. Deutsche Welle

   US citizens freed as El Salvador returns Venezuelan migrants – DW ↗ (opens Deutsche Welle)

   Published Jul 17, 2025

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   The deal involved Venezuela taking men that the US President Donald Trump's administration had sent to El Salvador.

6. Digital Journal

   Migrants freed from El Salvador reach Venezuela in US prisoner deal ↗ (opens Digital Journal)

   Published Jul 18, 2025

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   Hundreds of Venezuelans swept up in President Donald Trump's immigration dragnet reached home Friday after their release from a maximum security

7. UPI

   Migrants in El Salvador prison swapped for Americans held in Venezuela ↗ (opens UPI)

   Published Jul 18, 2025

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   About 250 Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador's maximum-security prison have been sent to Venezuela as part of a prisoner swap that included Americans.

8. Al Jazeera

   Venezuela to probe El Salvador’s Bukele for ‘torture’ of US deportees ↗ (opens Al Jazeera)

   Published Jul 21, 2025

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   Deported migrants say they were beaten, sexually abused and fed rotten food inside a notorious El Salvador prison.

9. Deutsche Welle

   Venezuela says US migrants were tortured in El Salvador – DW ↗ (opens Deutsche Welle)

   Published Jul 21, 2025

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   Venezuela has launched an investigation into the alleged torture of its citizens in El Salvador prison. The Venezuelan citizens who had been deported from the US to the prison were released on Friday.

10. Digital Journal

    Venezuela says migrants were tortured in Salvadoran prison ↗ (opens Digital Journal)

    Published Jul 21, 2025

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    Venezuela announced a probe Monday into torture claims by 252 migrants the United States had sent to a notorious Salvadoran prison where they said they

11. Latin Times

    Venezuelan Deportees Detail Ordeal in El Salvador's Infamous Prison: 'I Was Sexually Abused by the Salvadoran Authorities' ↗ (opens Latin Times)

    Published Jul 21, 2025

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    Several Venezuelan migrants repatriated as part of a recent prisoner exchange between the United States and Venezuela have accused Salvadoran authorities of torture, sexual abuse, and other