the Tension between the United States and Venezuela He came up after him Donald Trump announced the closure of Venezuelan airspace. Despite this decision taken by US President A A plane carrying hundreds of deported migrants I took off On Wednesday morning from Arizona Heading towards the Latin American country. Hours ago, the two governments agreed Reset Return flights home.
In the context of escalating tension between the two governments They managed to reach an agreement About this topic. After Trump announced on social media about the closure of Venezuelan airspace. It was agreed upon after only three days Resuming flights with deportees.
In this context, The United States returned hundreds of migrants to Venezuela. As stated Telemundo Arizonaairplane It took off from Mesa Airport at 7 a.m. Wednesday, bound for Maiquetia. It was a direct flight between the two countries, without stopping.
Same day as Wednesday The South American country had already received another plane carrying 304 foreigners expelled from ArizonaBut in this case with an average stop. As mentioned Euro news, Departed from Phoenix and landed in Mexico. From there, the people were transferred to Venezuela on a second flight.
he A new flight for expelled foreigners to Venezuela This happened shortly after the US President’s announcement. In the context of escalating tensions that included military deployment in the Caribbean region and the latent threat of action on the ground, Trump expressed that he The airspace of the country ruled by Nicolas Maduro has been closed.
“All airlines, pilots, drug dealers and human traffickers, please take this into consideration The airspace over and around Venezuela will remain completely closed.“The Republican wrote in the November 29 Social Truth post.
The message is implicit Stopping the so-called return flights to Venezuelaan agreement that was in place for 11 months.
Despite the message and the fact that there is no point to it Agreement between the two governmentsThe change was officially announced three days later. The Ministry of Transport and the National Institute of Civil Aeronautics of Venezuela reported this on social media The United States had requested the resumption of repatriation flights.
“Based on the President’s instructions Nicolas Maduro, planes are allowed to enter our airspace “Operated by Eastern Airlines LLC, on the Phoenix, Arizona-Maiquetia route,” Venezuelan authorities wrote in a statement shared through an Instagram post.
As detailed, these planes were allowed to land at Maiquetia International Airport, as they did “weekly, every Wednesday and Friday,” under the agreement between the Maduro government and the administration of Donald Trump.
“The repatriation process will continue “We call on our compatriots to reunite the Venezuelan family through the Vuelta a la Patria plan,” they concluded.