Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has proposed a [hostage] swap that would see Venezuelans deported from the United States to his country exchanged for ‘political prisoners’ in Venezuela. In pointed remarks directed at Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday, Bukele suggested the countries reach a ‘humanitarian agreement’ amid Caracas’s demands for the repatriation of Venezuelan deportees. Bukele said he would be willing to repatriate 252 Venezuelans being held in a Salvadoran maximum security prison in exchange for ‘an identical number of the thousands of political prisoners that you hold.’ … Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab described Bukele’s proposal as ‘cynical’ and called on his government to provide a complete list of the ‘hostages’ along with ‘proof of life and a medical report’ for each detainee.” (04/21/25)