Venezuela accuses El Salvador of human trafficking as prisoners caught in row between authoritarians

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has been accused of human trafficking by Venezuela’s top prosecutor after he offered to exchange 252 migrants deported to El Salvador for thousands of political prisoners in Venezuela. His proposal was met with rejection from El Salvador’s attorney general, who labeled his offer as exploitative and tied it to a history of brutal repression. While some Venezuelan opposition members welcomed the deal, others remain perplexed by the situation involving migrants held in an authoritarian regime.