Relatives call for updates on Venezuelans deported to El Salvador

STORY: :: Relatives of Venezuelans deported from the U.S. to El Salvador call for updates on their loved ones :: Caracas, Venezuela :: April 15, 2025:: Lorena Borrego, Mother of Tito Martinez“If my son hears me, if our sons hear us—I want to tell them we’re fighting for them, that here is his mother, his grandparents, for all of them. It’s been distressing, it hasn’t been easy, but here we are, and we want them back healthy and safe. We demand our president to keep helping us as he has done so far. To President Bukele, President Trump, please, put your hands on your hearts and set our sons free as they’re innocent of all the accusations against them.”As part of a deal reached between Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and Trump, the United States is paying the Central American country $6 million to hold the Venezuelan deportees and others it claims are gang members.But the deportation deal is fraught with complications. As attorneys and relatives of many deportees deny they have gang ties, battles are being fought over their right to due process and concerns are growing over the conditions inside CECOT megaprison.The government of President Nicolas Maduro has stated that the Venezuelans transferred to El Salvador have no connection with the Tren de Aragua, as claimed by the White House, and they have requested support from the United Nations to free them.

STORY: :: Relatives of Venezuelans deported from the U.S. to El Salvador call for updates on their loved ones :: Caracas, Venezuela :: April 15, 2025 :: Lorena Borrego, Mother of Tito Martinez “If my son hears me, if our sons hear us—I want to tell them we’re fighting for them, that here is his mother, his grandparents, for all of them.

It’s been distressing, it hasn’t been easy, but here we are, and we want them back healthy and safe. We demand our president to keep helping us as he has done so far. To President Bukele, President Trump, please, put your hands on your hearts and set our sons free as they’re innocent of all the accusations against them.

” As part of a deal reached between Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and Trump, the United States is paying the Central American country $6 million to hold the Venezuelan deportees and others it claims are gang members. But the deportation deal is fraught with complications. As attorneys and relatives of many deportees deny they have gang ties, battles are being fought over their right to due process and concerns are growing over the conditions inside CECOT megaprison.

The government of President Nicolas Maduro has stated that the Venezuelans transferred to El Salvador have no connection with the Tren de Aragua, as claimed by the White House, and they have requested support from the United Nations to free them..