Overview

• Seven Venezuelan children separated by U.S. expulsions arrived in Maiquetía on July 18 aboard a U.S.-flagged flight carrying 244 expelled adults.
• El Salvador freed over 250 Venezuelan migrants detained since March at its Cecot high-security prison and sent them back to Caracas under the exchange.
• The United States secured the release of ten American detainees held in Venezuelan custody as part of the trilateral agreement brokered by Marco Rubio.
• Caracas reports 30 children separated from deported parents and has enlisted Vatican and Catholic Church support to facilitate their return.
• Since February, bilateral repatriation flights have brought over 8,200 Venezuelans, including about 1,000 children, back from the U.S. and Mexico under government accords.