Overview
- Two separate U.S. negotiation tracks engaged the same Venezuelan assembly leader, each proposing different terms for the release of Americans detained in Venezuela.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s team offered to repatriate about 250 deported Venezuelan migrants from El Salvador in exchange for U.S. detainees and political prisoners.
- Special envoy Richard Grenell concurrently proposed extending Chevron’s Venezuela oil license to secure the release of the same American prisoners.
- The uncoordinated efforts failed to produce an agreement, leaving U.S. citizens held in Venezuela and migrants detained in El Salvador.
- Despite ongoing assertions that the migrant swap remains available, Grenell has publicly dismissed reports of competing deals as bogus.