Venezuela receives new flight with 71 deported migrants from the US

The plane transferred 62 men and 9 women to the Maiquetía airport and with it the South American country has received more than 3,600 repatriated in 2025.

According to the Minister of Internal Relations, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabello was initially expected that 244 nationals arrived on this flight, however, only 71 of them arrived. Photo: EFE

May 8, 2025 time: 01:50

A flight with 71 Venezuelans deported from the United States He arrived this Wednesday night at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, in the state of La Guaria, from Honduras, said Minister of Internal Relations, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabello.

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The plane transferred 62 men and nine women to the Maiquetía Airport, which serves the Metropolitan Area of ​​Caracas and the La Guaira state, and with it the South American country has received More than 3,600 repatriated in 2025.

According to hair, initially it was expected that on this flight 244 nationals will arrivehowever, Only 71 of them arrive.

«They announced first that it came 200 I don’t know how many colleagues from the United States, Honduras-Venezuela, then they said no, that it was 170 and so many, then, 140 and so many, in the end nothing more than 71 ″ arrived, he said.

Likewise, the Secretary General of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) stressed that minors were not included, eliminating the possibility of returning to Maikelys Espinoza, A two -year -old girl held in the United States after the deportation of her mother, Yorely Bernal, and her father’s imprisonment in El Salvador, accused of links with the extinct train of Aragua.

«Especially in support of the Venezuelan girl Maikelys, the term that I use, is that in truth She was stolen from her parents by imperialism agents. They stripped her mother, His girl took him. They separated them, They (USA) do not care absolutely anything ».Cabello stressed.

Venezuela It demands its return and that of other minors and carries out the return plan to the homeland that enables the reception of nationals.