Venezuela has freed six US detainees after talks in Caracas between President Nicolás Maduro and a senior Trump administration official. The release of the men was announced on social media by Donald Trump and his special envoy, Richard Grenell.

U.S. presses for release of 15 American detainees, offering to continue sanction- exemptions for U.S. oil companies.

Richard Grenell, President Donald Trump’s special missions envoy, tweeted that he was returning from his trip to Caracas with the six Americans.

WOLA sat down with Juanita Goebertus Estrada, director of the Americas Division at Human Rights Watch, and Mariano de Alba, an international law specialist. Together, we take stock of the efforts underway to produce a democratic transition and resist the ever-shrinking civic space in Venezuela.

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.”

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Richard Grenell is expected to meet with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday in Venezuela, CNN reported, citing a source familiar with the matter. Reuters could not immediately verify the meeting.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Special U.S. envoy Ric Grenell is in Venezuela working with the authorities there are on the repatriation to that country of members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, the White House said on Friday.

Six Americans who had been detained in Venezuela were freed by the government of President Nicolas Maduro after he met with a Trump administration official on Friday. US President Donald Trump and his envoy for special missions Richard Grenell announced the release of the six men on social media.

Richard Grenell met with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as part of the Trump administration's efforts to deport violent criminal illegal immigrants.

A busy shelter for migrants in southern Mexico has been left without a doctor. A program to provide mental health support for LGBTQ+ youth fleeing Venezuela was disbanded. In Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Guatemala,

US diplomat Richard Grenell is visiting Venezuela to discuss repatriation of immigrants with Nicolas Maduro. However, the Trump administration still does not recognize Maduro as Venezuela's president.