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From Fox News: President Donald Trump’s envoy for special missions, Richard Grenell, has traveled to Venezuela to deliver an in-person message to socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro about accepting violent criminals deported from the United States.
On a call with reporters Friday, Mauricio Claver-Carone, the U.S. special envoy to Latin America, said Grenell will tell Maduro to take back all the Venezuelan criminals and Tren de Aragua gang members that have been “exported to the United States, and to do so unequivocally and without condition.”
Grenell will also demand that Veneuzeula immediately release American hostages being held in that country, Claver-Carone said.
The trip “focuses on two very specific issues. That we expect that Venezuelan criminals and gangs will be returned, as they are, to every country in the world, without conditions, and two, that American hostages need to be released immediately, unequivocally,” he explained.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the purpose of Grenell’s trip during her press briefing on Fiday:
Internacionales 🇺🇸🇻🇪 | La secretaria de Prensa de la Casa Blanca, Karoline Leavitt, aclaró que la reunión del enviado especial del presidente Donald Trump, Richard Grenell, con Nicolás Maduro en Caracas, no representa un reconocimiento al régimen venezolano.
▶️”Absolutamente… pic.twitter.com/IlKU7oyJZV
— PanAm Post Español (@PanAmPost_es) January 31, 2025
Prior to his departure for Venezuela, Grenell shared a photo on X and announced, “Just left an Oval meeting with @realDonaldTrump. He’s focused on what’s best for America and the American people.”
Just left an Oval meeting with @realDonaldTrump.
He’s focused on what’s best for America and the American people. pic.twitter.com/LAdKG69L6G
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) January 30, 2025
Trump responded to a question about Venezuela while speaking to reporters in the Oval Office Friday afternoon.
“We want to do something with Venezuela. I’ve been a very big opponent to Venezuela and Maduro. They’ve treated us not so good, but more importantly, they’ve treated the Venezuelan people very badly,” Trump said.
“Now we want to see what we can do to get people back in their homeland, safe, free…The situation in Venezuela has been very unfortunate. I was very surprised when I saw that Biden agreed to buy a lot of oil from Venezuela, because Venezuela was just about finished, the dictator… and when that happened, it brought him back to life,” he continued.
“Biden went out and bought millions of barrels of oil. I said, ‘What’s that all about?’ So we’re not going to let that stupid stuff happen. We are for the people of Venezuela, and we don’t like the way they’ve been treated at all.”
🚨President Trump knows the only way to liberate #Venezuela is by ousting Maduro & his pathetic socialist gang! pic.twitter.com/1KGCTQmpS8
— Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez (@RepCarlos) January 31, 2025
UPDATE: President Trump announced later Friday evening on Truth Social, “Just been informed that we are bringing six hostages home from Venezuela. Thank you to Ric Grenell and my entire staff. Great job!”
#AHORA | Ric Grenell, Nicolás Maduro y Jorge Rodríguez. pic.twitter.com/DYwuwEqGhL
— Orlando Avendaño (@OrlvndoA) January 31, 2025
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