FILE PHOTO: An undocumented migrant hangs clothes on a makeshift clothesline as migrants remain stuck in Chile after Peru refused to open its borders to migrants, in Chacalluta area, Arica, Chile May 6, 2023. REUTERS/Hugo Curotto/File Photo
(Reuters) - Venezuelan authorities rejected a flight of Venezuelans expelled from Chile trying to enter the country, a top Chilean official said on Thursday.
Chile had chartered a plane to return the Venezuelans to their country of origin, "but a single decision by the Venezuelan aeronautical authority ruined everything," Chilean Deputy Interior Minister Manuel Monsalve told news program 24 Horas.
