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First U.S. Deportation Charter Carrying Argentines Set to Land in Buenos Aires Overnight

The flight marks an escalation in Trump’s use of charter removals.

Overview

  • An Omni Air International Boeing 767-300 operating as OAE-3642 is expected at Ezeiza around 3 a.m. after stops in Bogotá and Belo Horizonte, with timing listed as delayed and subject to change.
  • LA NACION reports the aircraft departed Alexandria, Louisiana, after an earlier positioning from Fort Worth Alliance in Texas before heading to South America.
  • Officials have not confirmed the headcount; multiple outlets cite roughly 10 to 16 Argentine nationals on board in what is the first such charter to Argentina this year.
  • Argentine authorities say consular assistance is active and call the country’s share of removals “infinitesimal,” while media estimate more than 300 Argentines have been expelled since the policy tightened.
  • ICE cites about 200,000 deportations since January as use of private charters expands, whereas previous Argentine cases typically returned on commercial flights under escort.