Photos of Venezuelan men returning home after four-month ordeal in El Salvador prison
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4:47 PM on Wednesday, July 23, 2025
By ARIANA CUBILLOS and CRISTIAN HERNANDEZ
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — An emotional homecoming awaited Venezuelan men who spent four months in prison in El Salvador, where the U.S. government transferred them, accusing them of being members of a foreign gang in the U.S. illegally. Their families had been protesting for their return since last hearing from them in mid-March when they alerted their families that they were about to be deported from the U.S.
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