- Title: Homecoming for over 300 Venezuelan migrants from Mexico
- Date: 20th March 2025
- Summary: LA GUAIRA, VENEZUELA (MARCH 20, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PLANE CARRYING VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS THAT DEPARTED FROM MEXICO TAXIING VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS DISEMBARKING PLANE MIGRANTS CARRYING VENEZUELAN FLAGS VARIOUS OF PARAMEDICS PUSHING PEOPLE ON WHEELCHAIRS VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS WALKING ON TARMAC (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) VENEZUELAN INTERIOR MINISTER, DIOSDADO CABELLO, SAYING: “As t
- Embargoed:
- Keywords: Mexico deported flight migrants returnees
- Location: LA GUAIRA, VENEZUELA
- City: LA GUAIRA, VENEZUELA
- Country: Venezuela
- Topics: Asylum/Immigration/Refugees,South America / Central America,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001048820032025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Some 311 Venezuelan nationals who were returned from Mexico have landed on a flight by state-owned airline Conviasa in Caracas, interior minister Diosdado Cabello said on Thursday (March 20), bringing the total of migrants recently returned to 920.
Minutes earlier, the U.S. government on social media accused Venezuelan officials of lying that repatriation flights via Mexico were taking place that day. Diosdado told local television the flight was the result of a "direct agreement with the Mexican government," without giving more details.
The United States last weekend deported over 200 alleged members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang to El Salvador, where they are being held in a mega-prison despite criticism over the legality of the process.
Cabellos also criticized the U.S. for 'kidnapping' Venezuelans and taking them to El Salvador, where they had committed no crimes.
"If they committed crimes in the U.S. they should be tried in the U.S," he told journalists. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
- Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2025. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
- Usage Terms/Restrictions: None