Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has demanded El Salvador release hundreds of Venezuelans who were deported from the United States, who he described as being “kidnapped,” after his Salvadoran counterpart earlier proposed a prisoner swap.

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele is offering Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro a unique proposal: a prisoner swap. President Bukele is offering the Venezuelan deportees sent to El Salvador in exchange for “political prisoners.

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele proposed a prisoner exchange with Venezuela on Sunday, offering to release Venezuelans deported to his country from the United States in exchange for political