Venezuela to investigate Bukele, other officials for alleged detainee abuse


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  • Tuesday, 22 Jul 2025

FILE PHOTO: Relatives of political prisoners hold balloons during a vigil outside the headquarters and detention centre of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) known as "Helicoide", in Caracas, Venezuela April 10, 2025. REUTERS/Gaby Oraa/File Photo

CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuela Attorney General Tarek Saab said on Monday that his office will investigate El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele and two other officials for the alleged abuse of Venezuelans who were detained in the Central Americancountry.

More than 250 Venezuelans held in El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison returned to Venezuela on Friday, under the terms of a prisoner exchange agreed with the United States.

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