El Salvador facilitated a prisoner exchange with Venezuela, releasing around 250 Venezuelan migrants detained in El Salvador in exchange for the freedom of 10 US nationals held in Venezuela. The migrants, deported from the US under the Trump administration, were incarcerated in El Salvador's Cecot prison. The deal, brokered with the help of El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, concludes the US government's efforts to secure the release of all its citizens held by the Venezuelan government. While some Venezuelan deportees' families deny gang affiliations, the Salvadorean government considered them gang members. The exchange highlights the strengthened relationship between El Salvador and the US.

Prepared by Rachel Morgan and reviewed by editorial team.