The visit came as a shock to many Venezuelans who hoped that Trump would continue the 'maximum pressure' campaign he pursued against Maduro during his first term.
REGINA GARCIA CANO and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Donald Trump envoy Richard Grenell was tasked with urging Nicolás Maduro to take back deported migrants who have committed crimes in the US.
The meeting in Venezuela's capital took place less than a month after Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term despite credible evidence that he lost last year's election. The U.S. government, along with several other Western nations, does not recognize Maduro's claim to victory and instead points to tally sheets collected by the opposition coalition showing that its candidate, Edmundo González, won by a more than a two-to-one margin.
Maduro, appearing on state television after Grenell had left Venezuela, said the visit yielded "initial agreements" but did not provide any details. A nonprofit group that had advocated for the release of a detainee said David Estrella, a 62-yer-old who was last heard from in September, was among those on their way back to the U.S. Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello had accused Estrella of being part of an alleged plot to assassinate Maduro.
More than 7.7 million Venezuelans have left their home country since 2013, when its economy unraveled and Maduro first took office. Most settled in Latin America and the Caribbean, but after the pandemic, migrants increasingly set their sights on the U.S.
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