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6. It is shameful, but I think the exchange came about because

Sat Jul 19, 2025, 05:53 PM

Jul 19

Buekle no longer wanted to deal with having the Venezuelan deportees. Buekle/El Salvador looked like the bad guys here.
I recall reading a few weeks ago that El Salvador said the deportees were under American control, not El Salvador's. That was after Trump said there was nothing the US could do to get them released because the deportees were under El Salvador control.

I think he told Trump/Rubio to figure out a way to get them out of El Salvador. I'm sure El Salvador negotiated and facilitated the swap. Like a 3 way deal in baseball, El Salvador traded Venezuela its nationals in exhange for Venezuela trading US nationals back to us.

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Men the Trump administration sent to El Salvador mega-prison freed in prisoner swap [View all] chowder66 Jul 18 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author speak easy Jul 18 #1

How could Trump send them if El Salvador has total, legal control over them? Norrrm Jul 18 #2

Once Buekle saw the fury this provoked in the US, he probably couldn't Deminpenn Jul 19 #3

This is shameful. They are going to tout this as a good thing since they were able to get Americans released from tulipsandroses Jul 19 #4

It is shameful, but I think the exchange came about because Deminpenn Jul 19 #6

I am still trying to wrap my head around this. pat_k Jul 19 #5