While portrayed by the Trump administration as hardened criminals, the Venezuelans returning to their home country in the deportation flights from the United States and Mexico are being welcomed back with open arms as prodigal sons and daughters — ironically,

Mexico’s Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartels, Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua and the Salvadoran gang Mara Salvatrucha are on the list.

The move, carrying out a Jan. 20 executive order by President Donald Trump, names Tren de Aragua in Venezuela, MS-13 in El Salvador and six groups based in Mexico.

While portrayed by the Trump administration as hardened criminals, the Venezuelans returning to their home country in the deportation flights from the United States and Mexico are being welcomed back

The US State Department has made its first round of designations pursuant to Executive Order 14157, “Designating Cartels and Other Organizations

Nearly 200 Venezuelan immigrants to the U.S. were returned to their home country after being detained at Guantanamo Bay, in a flurry of flights that forged an unprecedented pathway for U.S. deportations.

A mom from Venezuela, currently living in Somerset, NJ,  is trying to figure out what comes next after ICE deported her husband. Karolyn, whose name is being changed to

Caracas has rejected Washington’s narratives criminalizing migrants and denied that returned nationals belong to Tren de Aragua.

A group of 242 Venezuelan migrants returned to their country on a plane from Mexico, Diosdado Cabello, announced on Monday.

President Claudia Sheinbaum said the U.S. labeling of drug cartels as foreign terrorist groups “cannot be an opportunity for the United States to invade our sovereignty.”

A group of more than 200 Venezuelan migrants returned Monday to their home country after being deported from Mexico. (AP video by Juan Arraez)