BRINGING THE HOSTAGES HOME: Trump and Rubio, With the Help of El Salvador’s Bukele, Secure the Release of All ‘Wrongfully Detained’ Americans in Venezuela
Trump is keeping his promise regarding Americans wrongfully imprisoned around the world.
The US diplomacy scored another win as 10 American hostages held in Venezuela were freed, as well as a large number of political prisoners of the socialist regime of Nicolas Maduro.
In exchange, El Salvador sent all the Venezuelan detainees to its maximum-security prison.
Associated Press reported:
“The arrangement represents a diplomatic achievement for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, helps President Donald Trump in his goal of bringing home Americans jailed abroad and lands El Salvador a swap that its president had proposed months ago.”
Nothing says freedom like the American flag. Ten Americans freed from Venezuelan prisons today are coming home because of @POTUS, @SecRubio & @nayibbukele.
America First in action. pic.twitter.com/pc6bI0Wgnx
— Embajada de los EE.UU., Venezuela (@usembassyve) July 18, 2025
While the AP report says it’s a victory for Maduro, in fact, after he initially refused to receive his deported countrymen, he has now done that, only having to pay a price for them.
“Bukele said his country had handed over all the Venezuelan nationals in its custody. The Venezuelan government said it had paid a ‘steep price’ by having to release the U.S. nationals but was pleased to have its own jailed citizens back.”
“Central to the deal are the more than 250 Venezuelan migrants being freed by El Salvador, which in March agreed to a $6 million payment from the Trump administration to house them in a notorious Salvadoran prison.
[…] Among the Americans freed Friday was 37-year-old Lucas Hunter, whose family says he was kidnapped in January by Venezuelan border guards from inside Colombia, where he was vacationing.”
Watch: Venezuelan prisoners sent back from El Salvador.
BREAKING | President Bukele confirms prisoner swap: El Salvador hands over alleged members of the Tren de Aragua to Venezuela in exchange for the release of Venezuelan political prisoners and U.S. citizenspic.twitter.com/Ze8s4tZGMQ
— VOZ (@Voz_US) July 18, 2025
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