Venezuelan airline workers help a child returnee go down the steps of a repatriation flight from the US at the Simón Bolívar International Airport, April 4, 2025. Photo: AP/Ariana Cubillos.
A total of 208 Venezuelans arrived in the country from the United States as part of the Venezuelan government’s Return to the Homeland repatriation program. This was reported Venezuelan Transportation Minister Ramón Velásquez Araguayán.
Upon receiving the migrants at the Simón Bolívar International Airport of Maiquetía on Friday, April 4, Minister Araguayán reported that the flight brought 176 men, 30 women, and two children. They will receive a comprehensive medical checkup and go through thorough background checks to determine if any of them have any open cases with the judiciary.
He added that these returnees will be provided with all the necessary assistance to reintegrate into their societies and productive activities in Venezuela.
“This is the second flight we receive from a US airline,” the minister stated. “Yesterday, we received two flights from our airline Conviasa. We received information that some people with criminal records are arriving on this flight. However, when they arrive, this will be verified, and the issues will be addressed accordingly.”
511 Venezuelan Migrants Return to Venezuela Through Repatriation Program
This is the third repatriation flight that Venezuela has received in the last two days. On Thursday morning, a flight from Mexico arrived with 313 Venezuelan migrants, of whom there were 151 minors, 60 men, and 102 women.
Venezuelan Minister of the Interior Diosdado Cabello received the flight. He reported that “six minors came unaccompanied, and 16 women were pregnant. All of them will be attended to according to the protocol established to receive our Venezuelan brothers and sisters.”
Thereafter, on Thursday afternoon, another flight from Honduras brought back 198 Venezuelans, among whom there were 12 women.
With Friday’s arrivals, the total number of Venezuelans repatriated from the US since February reached 2,016.
(Últimas Noticias) by Gustavo Rangel
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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