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Venezuelan toddler who was kept in US after parents' deportation returns to Venezuela

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The Venezuelan 2-year-old who was kept in U.S. government custody after her parents were deported has been returned to Venezuela.

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Reports & sources

19 articles, oldest first.

  1. Digital Journal

    Toddler separated from parents in US deportation case returns to Venezuela (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    A two-year-old girl separated in the United States from her Venezuelan parents, who were deported without her, arrived in Caracas on Wednesday after her

  2. Deutsche Welle

    US: Toddler reunited with deported mother in Venezuela – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    A two-year-old child that was left in the US when her parents were deported by President Donald Trump's administration has been reunited with her mother.

  3. NBC News

    2-year-old girl reunites with her mother in Venezuela after U.S. deportation (opens NBC News)

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    Maikelis Espinoza arrived in Caracas after she was separated from her parents when they were deported from the U.S. in what Venezuela denounced as a kidnapping.

  4. Newsweek

    Venezuela slams US "kidnapping" as toddler returned in deportation flight (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The Trump administration has justified the deportation by alleging that the girl's parents were linked to the Tren de Aragua.

  5. CBS News

    2-year-old girl separated from her parents by U.S. deportation arrives in Venezuela (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The 2-year-old girl, Maikelys Espinoza, was separated from her parents by deportation — a move that Venezuela repeatedly denounced as a kidnapping.

  6. Al Jazeera

    Toddler separated from mother deported from the US returned to Venezuela (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Two-year-old Maikelys Espinoza Bernal was reunited with her mother in Venezuela following calls for her return.

  7. KVIA El Paso

    Toddler held in US after parents’ deportation has been returned to Venezuela (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    By Michael Rios, Osmary Hernández and Ana Melgar, CNN Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) — A Venezuelan toddler who had been kept in US government custody after her parents were deported has been returned to Venezuela.

  8. ABC 11 Raleigh

    Venezuelan toddler who was kept in US after parents' deportation returns to Venezuela (opens ABC 11 Raleigh)

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    ABC 11 Raleigh's feed description

    The Venezuelan 2-year-old who was kept in U.S. government custody after her parents were deported has been returned to Venezuela.

  9. UPI

    Toddler held in U.S. reunited with her mother in Venezuela after parents deported (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    A 2-year-old kept in U.S. government custody after her parents were deported was reunited with her mother in Venezuela on Wednesday.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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