Aug 08 Trump doubles reward for arrest of Venezuela’s president to face U.S. drug charges By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press The Trump administration is offering a $50 million reward for Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro, accusing him of being one of the world's largest narco-traffickers and working with cartels to flood the U.S. with fentanyl-laced cocaine. Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch 5:28 Former Venezuelan detainees speak out about abuse in El Salvador’s mega-prison By Ali Rogin, Harry Zahn In July, a three-country deal released 238 Venezuelan migrants the Trump administration had rounded up and sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. Now, some of the freed men are speaking out about the physical and psychological abuse they… Continue watching
Jul 23 ‘It is hell’: Migrants returning to Venezuela describe life in El Salvador prison where U.S. sent them By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press Venezuelan migrants imprisoned for months in El Salvador under a U.S. immigration crackdown have reunited with their families. Continue reading
May 30 Supreme Court allows Trump to strip humanitarian parole of 500,000 people from 4 countries By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The justices lifted a lower-court order that kept humanitarian parole protections in place for more than 500,000 migrants from four countries: Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Continue reading
May 25 Venezuelans vote in regional and parliamentary elections as opposition calls for boycott By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press Voters in Venezuela are choosing lawmakers, governors and other officials on Sunday in polling being held against a backdrop of heightened government repression and opposition calls to boycott the election. Continue reading
May 15 Gabbard fires 2 top intelligence officials, changes who preps Trump’s daily brief By David Klepper, Associated Press The firings, which were first reported by Fox News Digital, follow the release of a declassified memo from the National Intelligence Council that found no coordination between Venezuela's government and the Tren de Aragua gang. Continue reading
May 01 Judge bars deportations of Venezuelans from South Texas under 18th-century Alien Enemies Act By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans from South Texas under an 18th-century wartime law and say the president invocation of that law was “unlawful.”… Continue reading
Apr 24 Trump administration violated a 2019 settlement in deporting a Venezuelan man to El Salvador, judge rules By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press A federal judge nominated by President Donald Trump ordered his administration to facilitate the return of a man who was deported to El Salvador last month despite having a pending asylum application. Continue reading
Apr 21 El Salvadoran President Bukele proposes prisoner swap with Maduro for Venezuelan deportees By Marcos Aleman, Megan Janetsky, Associated Press Venezuela's prosecutor's office responded Sunday night, calling Bukele's statements "cynical" and referred to the Salvadoran leader as a "neofascist."… Continue reading
Apr 08 Trump touts Supreme Court deportation ruling under Alien Enemies Act as victory, but legal fight continues By Lindsay Whitehurst, Alanna Durkin, Associated Press The divided court found that President Donald Trump can use the 18th century wartime law to deport Venezuelan migrants accused of being gang members to a notorious prison in El Salvador, a finding Trump called a "GREAT DAY FOR JUSTICE… Continue reading