View of a demonstration in Caracas, Venezuela, demanding the release of children forcefully separated from their parents by the US empire on July 10, 2025. Photo: Últimas Noticias.
Thousands of Venezuelans have marched in Caracas to demand the freedom of children detained in and forcefully separated from their parents by the US empire and its racist migration policies.
A movement of mothers and grandmothers, among countless relatives, carried signs with their children’s faces this Thursday, July 10, and demanded that the government of the US empire immediately return every child being held in the entity, as well as the release of the 252 compatriots kidnapped and shipped to El Salvador.
The parents told the multi-platform news channel Telesur that many have not seen their children for nearly six months, ever since they had an appointment with immigration authorities and had to sign their deportation orders after Donald Trump took office.
#ENVIVO | La presidenta de la Misión Vuelta a la Patria, Camilla Fabri, marcha junto a las madres de los niños retenidos en Estados Unidos y los familiares de los venezolanos secuestrados en El Salvador
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— teleSUR TV (@teleSURtv) July 10, 2025
Camilla Fabri, head of the Return to the Homeland Program, told Telesur that there remains unwavering conviction that “everyone will return, because love never gives up. Here there are mothers, grandmothers, and relatives who are fighting for their children, grandchildren, and other family members.”
She added that the day before, while receiving flight 41 with Venezuelan migrants deported from the US entity, three mothers approached the authorities to report that their children had been left behind in the empire. “We have reached 31 cases so far, and we are working to rescue all of them. There are 31 stories, each one different from the others, all forcibly separated from their parents.”
Fabri condemned the silence of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human rights, Volker Türk, stating that “it’s incredible that the international organization and some world leaders haven’t spoken out. Why are they silent? Why haven’t they spoken out? I would ask them, what if they were your kids? What if your kids were taken away from you?”
She also emphasized that the families of the 252 Venezuelans kidnapped in El Salvador were also present at the march.
Participants carried the acronym SOS on banners, accompanied by images of the children, many of whom are in the care of foster families in the US colony, after their parents were abruptly detained and deported to Venezuela as part of Donald Trump’s anti-immigration policy.
The Venezuelan government has formally condemned the ongoing abduction of minors by the US empire, which now totals 31 separate cases, following the recent update provided by Venezuelan authorities.
(Telesur)
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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