Caracas (Venezuela), Mar 22 (AP) Venezuela will once again accept repatriation flights from the United States carrying its deported nationals after reaching an agreement with the US, a Venezuelan official said on social media Saturday.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro suspended flights on March 8, after the US Treasury Department announced the withdrawal of Chevron's license to export Venezuelan oil.

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“We have agreed with the US government to resume the repatriation of Venezuelan migrants with an initial flight tomorrow, Sunday,” said Jorge Rodriguez, president of Venezuela's Assembly and Maduro's chief negotiator with the US.

Venezuela accepted the deal to guarantee the “the return of our compatriots to their nation with the safeguard of their Human Rights,” Rodriguez said.

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In his statement, Rodriguez referred to the deportation by Donald Trump's government of some 250 Venezuelans to a high-security prison in El Salvador.

“Migrating is not a crime and we will not rest until we achieve the return of all those who require it and until we rescue our brothers kidnapped in El Salvador,” Rodriguez said.

Trump alleged the deportees were members of the Tren de Aragua gang. He labelled the Tren de Aragua an invading force on March 15 when he invoked the Alien Enemies Act, a little-used authority from 1798 that allows the president to deport any non-citizen during wartime. A federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations, but flights were in the air when the ruling came down.

Tren de Aragua, which the US Department of State designated a foreign terrorist organisation, originated in a prison in the South American country. Members accompanied an exodus of millions of Venezuelans, the overwhelming majority of whom were seeking better living conditions after their nation's economy came undone last decade.

Trump's administration has not provided evidence that the deportees are members of Tren de Aragua or that they committed any crime in the US.

Maduro's government has mostly refused the entry of immigrants deported from the US. Those deportations have sharply picked up since Trump took office on January 20.

In recent weeks, some 350 people were deported to Venezuela, including some 180 who spent up to 16 days at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The Trump administration said that the Venezuelans sent to Guantanamo are members of Tren de Aragua, but offered little evidence to back this up. (AP)

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