Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — After being detained at Guantanamo Bay, nearly 200 Venezuelan immigrants to the U.S. were returned to their home country. U.S. and Venezuelan authorities confirmed the deportations that relied on a stopover in Honduras, where 177 Venezuelans exited a U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement flight and boarded a Venezuelan plane bound for Caracas. Federal immigration and military authorities said that Venezuela has historically resisted accepting repatriation of its citizens but has recently begun accepting those citizens, following high-level political discussions and an investment of significant resources.
