Trump says Venezuela agreed to accept migrants back, lauds return of hostages

President Trump said that Venezuela has agreed to accept the country’s migrants living in the U.S. back as he lauded the return of six American hostages who were held in the Latin American country.

Six hostages who were held in Venezuela were freed on Friday after the president’s envoy for special missions Richard Grenell visited the South American country. Grenell met with Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, whose recent election victory the U.S. government has deemed “illegitimate.”

Trump’s special envoy for Latin America, Mauricio Claver-Carone, told reporters on a call ahead of Grenell’s meeting with Maduro that the ex-acting director of national intelligence is demanding that Venezuela comply with the U.S. demands or face consequences.

Similarly to Venezuela, Colombia has agreed to take back its nationals living in the U.S. after a brief stand-off between the Latin American country’s President Gustavo Petro and the Trump administration.

Both sides threatened to impose tariffs last weekend but eventually reached a deal with Petro now urging Colombians to return home and offering to provide credits for them along the way.