'I'm free now': Venezuelans held in El Salvador reunite with families


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  • Tuesday, 22 Jul 2025

Arturo Suarez, who was held for months in an El Salvador prison after the U.S. alleged he was a member of the Tren de Aragua gang, embraces family members after his release, in Caracas, Venezuela July 22, 2025. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria

CARACAS/VALENCIA/CAPACHO (Reuters) -A singer and a barber were among the former Venezuelan migrants who returned to their families on Tuesday, after spending months detained in a notorious prison in El Salvador before being sent back to Venezuela last week.

Singer Arturo Suarez was greeted with hugs and tears in working-class El Valle, south of capital Caracas, by his sister, aunt and cousins. He later wiped away tears as he spoke to his wife and daughter, who live in Chile, via video call.

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