El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has proposed a unique prisoner exchange involving 252 Venezuelans deported from the U.S., seeking their repatriation in exchange for political prisoners held in Venezuela. Bukele directly addressed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on social media, demanding the release of political prisoners detained during Venezuela's electoral crackdown. Cuban political figures and journalists were mentioned as subjects of his exchange proposal. This comes amid ongoing tensions between the Trump administration and Supreme Court regarding Venezuelan migrants accused of gang affiliations, further complicating the international scenario surrounding this proposal.
"However, I want to propose a humanitarian agreement that includes the repatriation of 100% of the 252 Venezuelans who were deported, in exchange for the release and surrender of an identical number (252) of the thousands of political prisoners you hold."
"The only reason they are imprisoned is for having opposed you and your electoral fraud," Bukele wrote to Maduro.
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