El Salvador Proposes Prisoner Swap with Venezuela Amid Criticism
Salvadoran President Bukele offers a deal to exchange 252 detained Venezuelans for political prisoners held by Venezuela's government.
The proposal comes as El Salvador has come under sharp international scrutiny for accepting Venezuelans and Salvadorans deported by the Trump administration, which accused them of being alleged gang members with little evidence.
Salvadoran President Bukele proposes prisoner swap with Maduro for Venezuelan deportees
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The proposal comes as El Salvador has come under sharp international scrutiny for accepting Venezuelans and Salvadorans deported by the Trump administration, which accused them of being alleged gang members with little evidence.
El Salvadoran President Bukele proposes prisoner swap with Maduro for Venezuelan deportees
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El Salvador could swap 252 Venezuelan deportees for the same number of political prisoners Venezuela holds.
Salvadoran President Bukele proposes prisoner swap with Venezuela
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Venezuela’s attorney general, Tarek William Saab, responded in a statement, calling the proposal “cynical” and demanding to know the status of the prisoners being held in El Salvador.
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The proposal comes as El Salvador has come under sharp international scrutiny for accepting Venezuelans and Salvadorans deported by the Trump administration, which accused them of being alleged gang members with little evidence.
Salvadoran President Bukele proposes prisoner swap with Maduro for Venezuelan deportees
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Bukele’s deal proposes the release of those arrested by the Maduro regime amid the backlash surrounding these results.
El Salvador Proposes Swapping Venezuelan Deportees From US for Maduro’s Political Prisoners
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The Venezuelan government has said it has no political prisoners and that imprisoned people have been convicted of crimes.
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El Salvador offers Venezuela prisoner swap involving US deportees
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Bukele’s proposal comes amid heightened scrutiny about the Salvadoran’s willingness to accept hundreds of migrants who the Trump administration claims are gang members or violent criminals.
El Salvador’s president offers Maduro US-deported Venezuelans for prisoner swap
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The proposal comes as El Salvador has come under sharp international scrutiny for accepting Venezuelans and Salvadorans deported by the Trump administration, which accused them of being alleged gang members with little evidence.
Salvadoran President Bukele proposes prisoner swap with Maduro
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The proposal comes as El Salvador has come under sharp international scrutiny for accepting Venezuelans and Salvadorans deported by the Trump administration, which accused them of being alleged gang members with little evidence.
El Salvador's Bukele proposes prisoner swap with Maduro for Venezuelans deported from the U.S.
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Summary
In a recent tweet, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has proposed a humanitarian prisoner swap with Venezuela, suggesting the exchange of 252 deported Venezuelans from the U.S. for an equal number of political prisoners. Bukele criticized Venezuelan President Maduro for imprisoning opponents and detailed the identities of several proposed prisoners. The Venezuelan government labeled Bukele's proposal as 'cynical,' demanding further information on Salvadoran detainees. This proposal surfaces amid scrutiny over El Salvador's detention practices and an international outcry regarding the treatment of deportees in the Terrorism Confinement Center.
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Bukele proposed a prisoner swap with Venezuela, offering to exchange 252 Venezuelan deportees held in El Salvador for an equal number of political prisoners held in Venezuela.
The proposed exchange includes prominent opposition figures and activists, asserting that those in Venezuelan prisons are held due to their opposition to Maduro's government.
This proposal comes amid international scrutiny of Bukele's treatment of deported individuals, with claims that many have been labeled as gang members without substantial evidence.
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