Deportation flights to Venezuela: USA send gang boss back

According to the authorities, another deportation freight from the United States has arrived in Venezuela. Among the 175 migrants who were returned to the capital of Caraca were also the head of a criminal gang, as Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on Sunday. It was the first time that “someone came from this caliber on these flights”.

The minister made it clear that the suspect was not part of the notorious drug gang tren de Aragua. Instead, he was part of the criminal gang El Cagón from the state of Trujillo.

Further details about the gang chief were not announced. Cabello also emphasized that none of the previously deported migrants were a member of Tren de Aragua.

It is the third machine that has ended up in Caracas since the deportation flights were resumed. A week ago, after an agreement with Washington, Venezuela declared that the USA from the United States accepted deportation.

Previously, Washington had flown over 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan drug gang to El Salvador.

Before the 2024 presidential election, US President Donald Trump made a tough course against irregular migration campaign and announced the largest deportation campaign in US history. This procedure remains highly controversial and led to the suspension of the flights to Venezuela last month. Trump accused Caracas of not taking on withdrawals, whereupon the Venezuelan government initially refused to fly.