Venezuela accuses El Salvador president of 'human trafficking'
- Venezuela's attorney general accused El Salvador President Nayib Bukele of a crime called human trafficking late Thursday.
- The accusation follows El Salvador accepting deported migrants from the United States under a Trump administration deal.
- The migrants arrived at El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison in March.
- The $6 million deal prompted Venezuela's attorney general to call the prisoner exchange offer "cynical".
- Venezuela reacted furiously to the deportations and demanded the men's unconditional release.
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Venezuela’s Attorney General Accuses Bukele of “Trafficking in Persons” and Criticizes the UN
The Attorney General of Venezuela said this Thursday in an interview with the AFP that the President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, incurs “trafficking in persons” by charging money to imprison Venezuelan migrants deported by the United States. “He is committing the crime of human trafficking (...) he is charging $7 million for having these Venezuelans imprisoned in El Salvador, that is, he is doing a dirty business,” said Prosecutor Tarek Willia…

Venezuela accuses El Salvador president of 'human trafficking'
Venezuela's attorney general accused Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele of "human trafficking" and suggested he face international justice for accepting cash to jail deportees from the United States.
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