Dozens of deported illegal migrants — including suspected Tren de Aragua gangbangers — grin as they land in Venezuela

NY Post ^ | 3/24/25 | Emily Crane

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Dozens of deported illegal migrants — including some suspected Tren de Aragua gangbangers — grinned and waved proudly as they landed in their native Venezuela early Monday after the South American country resumed accepting repatriation flights from the US.

Nearly 200 deportees were spotted disembarking from the jet soon after it touched down at an airport near Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, first thing Monday morning.

Footage of the arrival showed some migrants appearing to taunt the US by raising their hands in the air as they emerged from the plane — just days after the Trump administration deported scores of Venezuelans to El Salvador’s apocalyptic prisons.

Others were spotted making the sign of the cross as they safely touched back down in their homeland.

A Homeland Security source told NewsNation that some of the migrants onboard were members of the violent Tren de Aragua gang.

“Today, deportation flights of Venezuelan illegal aliens to their homeland resumed via Honduras,” the US Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs said in a post on X.

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Certainly they will all turn their lives around and become productive citizens. That’s why they are smiling.