Families of detainees in El Salvador and Venezuela decry Bukele’s prisoner swap offer

The swap deal offered by President Nayib Bukele to exchange Venezuelan political prisoners for Maduro’s detained inmates has drawn criticism from El Salvadoran and Venezuelan families, accusing him of treating Venezuelans as political commodities in a manipulative game. Venezuelan immigrants were reportedly deported without proper due process, facing baseless accusations despite evidence suggesting their innocence, while Bukele also faced backlash from Venezuelan authorities and critics for promoting the offer through social media to divert attention from past injustices against Venezuelans.