Posted on 07/19/2025 3:08:41 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Like his sugardaddy, Vladimir Putin, Venezuela's dictator, Nicolas Maduro, likes to take American hostages for use as bargaining chips. He's got a lot of them in his many dungeons.
So surprise, surprise, he's traded a lot of them:
According to ABC News:
The more than 200 Venezuelan migrants who were deported by the Trump administration to El Salvador's mega-prison in March have left El Salvador to be sent to Venezuela as part of a prisoner swap that included Americans being held in Venezuela, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced on X. The deal included the release of 10 Americans held in Venezuela, according to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who said the result was that "every wrongfully detained American in Venezuela is now free and back in our homeland." In addition, the deal included the release of some "Venezuelan political prisoners and detainees" being held by the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the U.S. said. Regarding the return of Venezuelan migrants being held in the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador, Bukele said in the post on X: "Today, we have handed over all the Venezuelan nationals detained in our country, accused of being part of the criminal organization Tren de Aragua. As was offered to the Venezuelan regime back in April, we carried out this exchange in return for a considerable number of Venezuelan political prisoners, people that regime had kept in its prisons for years, as well as all the American citizens it was holding as hostages."Based on this dirtbag parade, there's little doubt these people were dyed-in-the-wool criminals, despite the claims in the media that they had "no criminal records" -- look how proud they are of their gang signals on...
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We have an organ shortage. These gang members should have been required to repay their dues to the US, which could have included organs, such as a lung, kidney, or liver lobe.
Then we can release them.
El Trumpo!
Just like the ChiComs!
Only we have an account and an actual crime or crimes committed.
China just has slavery.
How come it’s never a one-for-one swap? Why do 600 Hamas terrorists equal 1 Israeli soldier, for example? Or 200 Venezuelan thugs equal 10 Americans plus some others?
BTT
“Vaya con Dios” is a Spanish phrase that translates to “Go with God” in English. It’s a farewell expression used to wish someone well, often with a sense of blessing or invoking divine protection. It’s similar to saying “Godspeed” or “May God be with you”.
We don’t do that - and should never think in those terms. Let’s NOT become like democrats...
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