Venezuela has released 10 jailed U.S. citizens and permanent residents in exchange for getting home scores of migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador months ago under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

The three-nation agreement marks a diplomatic win for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, advances President Donald Trump’s effort to repatriate Americans imprisoned overseas, and delivers on a prisoner swap proposal initiated months ago by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, The Associated Press reported.

More than 250 Venezuelans who had been jailed in El Salvador landed back in the South American nation on Friday, after an unexpected breakthrough in ongoing talks between Nicolás Maduro’s government and the US.

The Trump administration's negotiations with Nicolas Maduro's regime should not distract from the hundreds of political prisoners held in Venezuela.

The arrangement will allow as many as 250 Venezuelan men — deported from the U.S. to El Salvador before being sent back to Venezuela — to seek relief in U.S. courts.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced that his country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by over 6% in the second quarter of 2025, marking the 17th consecutive quarter of economic expansion,

"Trump has politically abandoned the so-called ‘Crazy Cubans,'" Cabello said, claiming they could be sidelined in next year's midterm elections. "Despite their lobbying for more attacks, Washington is forming a wall - a wall of containment. And it's not the kind they wanted."