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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele projected carrying retired a captive switch pinch Venezuela connected Sunday, suggesting he would speech Venezuelan deportees from the United States his government has kept imprisoned for what he called “political prisoners” successful Venezuela.

In a station connected nan societal media level X, directed astatine President Nicolás Maduro, Bukele listed disconnected a number of family members of high-level guidance figures successful Venezuela, journalists and activists detained during nan South American government’s electoral crackdown past year.

“The only logic they are imprisoned is for having opposed you and your electoral fraud,” wrote nan self-styled “world’s coolest dictator,” a man who himself has been accused of locking up governmental opponents.

“However, I want to propose a humanitarian statement that includes nan repatriation of 100% of nan 252 Venezuelans who were deported, successful speech for nan merchandise and surrender of an identical number (252) of nan thousands of governmental prisoners you hold.”

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele meets pinch US President Donald Trump astatine nan White House connected April 14.

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Among those he listed were nan son-in-law of erstwhile Venezuelan statesmanlike campaigner Edmundo González, a number of governmental leaders seeking asylum successful nan Argentine embassy successful Venezuela, and what he said were 50 detained citizens from a number of different countries crossed nan world.

Bukele besides listed nan mother of guidance leader María Corina Machado, whose location nan governmental leader has said was surrounded by Venezuelan constabulary successful January.

Bukele said he would inquire El Salvador’s overseas ministry to beryllium successful interaction pinch nan Maduro government.

Venezuela’s prosecutor’s agency responded Sunday night, calling Bukele’s statements “cynical” and referred to nan Salvadoran leader arsenic a “neofascist.”

It demanded Bukele’s authorities supply nan Venezuelan authorities pinch a database of nan group detained arsenic good arsenic their ineligible position and aesculapian reports.

“The curen received by Venezuelans successful nan United States and El Salvador, constitutes a superior usurpation of world quality authorities rule and constitutes a crime against humanity,” it said successful nan statement.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks to astatine a rally successful Caracas connected February 27.

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The connection comes arsenic El Salvador has travel nether crisp world scrutiny for accepting Venezuelans and Salvadorans deported by nan Trump administration, which accused them of being alleged pack members pinch small evidence.

Deportees are locked up successful a “mega-prison” cognize arsenic nan Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), built by nan Bukele authorities during his crackdown connected nan country’s gangs.

Controversy has only continued aft it was revealed that a Maryland begetter joined to a U.S. citizen, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, was deported by mistake. The U.S. Supreme Court ordered nan U.S. authorities to facilitate his return, but there’s nary motion of that happening.

El Salvador’s archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas connected Sunday called connected Bukele not “to let our state to go a large world prison.”

Despite nan controversy, Bukele maintained that each of nan group he has kept successful nan situation were “part of portion of an cognition against gangs for illustration nan Tren de Aragua successful nan United States.”

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Janetsky reported from Mexico City.

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This type has corrected Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s citizenship status.