REFILE: Venezuelans deported to El Salvador by US denied due process, says top lawmaker

Record ID: 1984055

  • Title: REFILE: Venezuelans deported to El Salvador by US denied due process, says top lawmaker
  • Date: 17th March 2025
  • Summary: CARACAS, VENEZUELA (MARCH 17, 2025) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR VIEW OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BUILDING VENEZUELAN FLAG WAVING VARIOUS OF PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY JORGE RODRIGUEZ ON ATRIUM SPEAKING DURING PRESS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY JORGE RODRIGUEZ, SAYING: “What’s happening in El Salvador with the Venezuelans is nothing other than a vulga
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  • Keywords: Donald Trump El Salvador Jorge Rodriguez National Assembly United States Venezuela deportation deportees migration
  • Location: CARACAS, VENEZUELA
  • City: CARACAS, VENEZUELA
  • Country: Venezuela
  • Topics: Asylum/Immigration/Refugees,South America / Central America,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001954817032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Venezuela's National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said on Monday (March 17) that Venezuelans deported over the weekend to El Salvador by the United States have been denied due process.
    The lawmaker added during a press conference that the people deported under the Trump administration claim that they belong to the Tren de Aragua gang are not known to have committed any crimes in the United States or El Salvador, and that Venezuela will do everything it can to have them returned home.
    The Trump administration used the Alien Enemies Act's wartime powers to rapidly deport more than 200 alleged members of the Venezuelan gang from the U.S. despite a court order forbidding it to do so.
    Rodriguez also said that he will ask the government of President Nicolas Maduro to issue a warning for Venezuelans not to travel to the United States, because it is not a safe place, and he urged Venezuelans who have migrated there to return.
    (Production: Johnny Carvajal, Anna Portella)
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