Breaking news: Prisoner swap frees Americans in Venezuela for migrants held in El Salvador

Keith Preston

1 year ago

July 18, 2025

BREAKING NEWS

via Sophie Hunter

Prisoner Swap Frees Americans in Venezuela for Migrants Held in El Salvador

Americans and U.S. residents who had been seized by the Venezuelan authorities and held as bargaining chips were released in exchange for more than 200 Venezuelan migrants whom the Trump administration sent to a prison in El Salvador.

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