President El Salvador says he is willing to deport his exile in exchange for the release of “political prisoners.”
El Salvador President Naive Buquere proposed the exchange of prisoners deported from the United States to their country where Venezuelans were exchanged for “political prisoners” in Venezuelans.
In his earlier remarks directed Sunday to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Buquere proposed that the country reach a “humanitarian agreement” amid Caracas’ demand for the repatriation of Venezuelan deporters.
Bukere said he was willing to deport 252 Venezuelans to the largest security prison of the Salvadra faction in exchange for “the same number of thousands of political prisoners you hold.”
“Unlike detainees who have committed murder, others have committed rape and some have even been arrested multiple times before being deported. Your political prisoner has not committed a crime.
Buquere went on to list many people detained in Venezuelan prisons, including Rafael Tudales, the son-in-law of exiled former Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, and Corina Parisca, the mother of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.
Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab described Bukere’s proposal as “ironic” and called on the government to provide a complete list of “hostages” for each detainee and “proof of life and medical reports.”
US President Donald Trump’s administration has paid approximately $6 million to the Buquere government to detain accused Venezuelan gang member at El Salvador’s largest security terrorism confinement center.
The Trump administration has deported at least 261 migrants accused of belonging to Tren de Aragua and other gangs.
US officials have released little evidence to support the claim that the exile is a member of a criminal gang. Additionally, media coverage based on publicly available information indicates that only a small minority has a criminal history.
Maduro accused Buquel of being an accomplice to the “Take Up” and asked for Denner to be deported to Venezuela.
On Saturday, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a temporary suspension of immigrant deportation in Texas “until further orders of this court.”
The 7-2 ruling asked the court to stop moving forward with what the Trump administration said was an imminent plan to resume deportation under the alien enemy laws after the US Civil Liberties Union filed an emergency petition.
The Supreme Court earlier this month ruled that the Trump administration could not continue deportation without giving immigrants the opportunity to challenge the removal in court.