Venezuela on Friday repatria seven children who remained in the US separated from their families after their parents deported Donald Trump’s administration, Informs TASR according to AFP report.
Seven Venezuelan boys and girls were “saved from the kidnapping they were exposed”, said the Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello on Friday At the Maiquetia International Airport, which serves Caracasu. Cabello, along with the first lady of Cilia Flores, took over a flight from Houston, which also returned 244 Venezuelans.
Hundreds of people protested last week in Caracas and They demanded a return of at least 30 Venezuelan children that the government claims to remain in the United States after their parents were expelled. President of Parliament last month Jorge Rodriguez said that the children were “separated from their mothers, fathers, family, grandparents and transferred to institutions where they did not belong”.
Cabello said on Friday that the government is working hard “to bring the separated children back to their homeland”. He did not specify when seven repatriated children were separated from their parents. According to official data, more than 8,200 people, including 1,000 children, has been repatriated since February, AFP recalls.