Venezuela Resumes Accepting Deportation Flights From U.S. Amid Diplomatic Shift

First flight carrying nearly 200 migrants lands near capital city of Caracas.

AP/Cristian Hernandez
Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States deplane at the Simon Bolivar International Airport at Maiquetia, Venezuela, Feb. 20, 2025. AP/Cristian Hernandez

The first of deportation flights transporting Venezuelan migrants back from America landed near the capital city of Caracas late Sunday after the two countries reached an agreement to resume repatriation.

The flights resumed after President Maduro of Venezuela suspended them on March 8 when the U.S. Treasury Department announced that Chevron’s license to export oil from the South American country had been suspended, according to CBS News.

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