{"id":2397627,"date":"2025-01-31T16:45:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T21:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-envoy-meets-with-maduro-to-discuss-deportations-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T16:46:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T21:46:54","slug":"trump-envoy-meets-with-maduro-to-discuss-deportations-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-envoy-meets-with-maduro-to-discuss-deportations-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump envoy meets with Maduro to discuss deportations- Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-envoy-meets-with-maduro-to-discuss-deportations-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2397627&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Richard\u2064 Grenell, a special envoy appointed by President Trump, recently met with Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro to coordinate efforts for the mass deportation of \u200billegal immigrants from the U.S. Grenell&#8217;s visit focuses on repatriating Venezuelan nationals who have been convicted of violent crimes. \u2062The white House\u200b has emphasized that it expects Maduro to accept these deportees without conditions. Additionally, Grenell&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">mission includes negotiating<\/a> the return \u200dof\u200c U.S. detainees held in \u200bVenezuela. <\/p>\n<p>The diplomatic relationship between the U.S. adn\u2063 Venezuela remains\u200b tense, particularly \u200cafter \u2064Maduro&#8217;s controversial re-election amidst allegations of \u200dballot manipulation and human rights violations. Trump\u2019s administration has taken a firm stance against Maduro\u2019s regime, warning of severe economic penalties if the Venezuelan government does not comply with U.S. \u200cdemands regarding criminals and gang members.This &#8220;peace through strength&#8221;\u2062 approach was\u2064 recently tested when Colombia initially resisted receiving deported individuals but later consented under pressure of tariffs\u2062 and \u2064sanctions\u2063 from the U.S.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump envoy meets with Venezuelan President Maduro to discuss deportations<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1935912\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">President Donald Trump<\/a> is sending an envoy to meet with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Venezuelan head of state<\/a>, seeking to establish coordination on the mass deportation of illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump-appointed liaison Richard Grenell arrived in Venezuela on Friday afternoon to meet with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nicolas-maduro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">President Nicolas Maduro<\/a> ahead of a planned repatriation campaign targeting illegal migrants convicted of violent crimes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Number one, Rick Grenell has been instructed to identify a place and ensure that repatriation flights of Tren de Aragua members, of Venezuelan nationals who have broken our nation&rsquo;s laws, will land in Venezuela,&rdquo; White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a Friday press briefing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This photo released by Venezuela&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-talks-russian-invasion-with-ukraine-president-zelensky-vows-u-s-support\/\" title=\"Biden talks Russian invasion with Ukraine President Zelensky, vows U.S. support\">presidential press office<\/a> shows Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, right, shaking hands with Richard Grenell, President Donald Trump&rsquo;s special envoy, at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. Behind is Jorge Rodriguez, president of the National Assembly. (Venezuela&rsquo;s presidential press office, via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She continued, &ldquo;Number two, Rick Grenell is in Venezuela to ensure that all U.S. detainees in Venezuela are returned home.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Maduro secured another term in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-prosecutor-probing-attempts-to-influence-2020-election\/\" title=\"Georgia Prosecutor Probing Attempts to Influence 2020 Election\">office earlier<\/a> this month after a sham election with documented instances of ballot manipulation. Dozens of citizens were killed during crackdowns after protesters took to the streets to oppose the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s unprecedented third term.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s administration remains unwilling to affirm the legitimacy of Maduro&rsquo;s regime &mdash; the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/condo-board-president-warned-of-serious-deteriorating-conditions-ahead-of-miami-building-collapse\/\" title=\"Condo Board President Warned Of Serious, \u2018Deteriorating\u2019 Conditions Ahead Of Miami Building Collapse\">president warned<\/a> the Venezuelan government not to harm opposition leader Mar&iacute;a Corina Machado after she was kidnapped leaving a protest on Jan. 9.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Maduro has adopted a bellicose attitude toward the United States, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3286621\/maduro-threatens-liberation-puerto-rico-governor-trump-defend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">threatening to &ldquo;liberate&rdquo; Puerto Rico<\/a> from the U.S. in the name of &ldquo;anti-fascist&rdquo; resistance.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The United States and President Trump expects Nicolas Maduro to take back all of the Venezuelan criminals and gang members that have been exported to the United States, and to do so unequivocally and without condition,&rdquo; Mauricio Claver-Carone, Trump&rsquo;s special envoy to Latin America, said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has explicitly championed a &ldquo;peace through strength&rdquo; philosophy for overseas diplomacy. Trump remains unambiguous on his willingness to inflict immediate, severe economic penalties on foreign countries perceived to be operating against American interests.<\/p>\n<p>Claver-Carone called the repatriation of violent Venezuelan nationals &ldquo;non-negotiable&rdquo; and urged the Maduro regime to &ldquo;heed special envoy Ric Grenell&rsquo;s message,&rdquo; warning that &ldquo;ultimately there will be consequences otherwise.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The &ldquo;peace through strength&rdquo; approach to negotiation was put to the test last week when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/colombia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Colombian President Gustavo Petro<\/a> refused to receive two repatriation flights, protesting that the deportees were not being treated with &ldquo;dignity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump immediately began the process to impose 25% tariffs and diplomatic sanctions on Colombia, which ultimately led to Petro acquiescing and allowing the mass repatriation process to commence.<\/p>\n<p>The Colombian president published a statement on Friday actively urging his fellow countrymen living illegally in the U.S. to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3307073\/colombian-president-urges-illegal-immigrants-return\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">return voluntarily<\/a> and contribute to the domestic economy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1935912\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1935912\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump envoy meets Maduro to coordinate deportations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2397628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25031745381347.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[8675,3817,36612,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2397627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-deportations","tag-diplomacy","tag-maduro","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25031745381347.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2397627"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2397631,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397627\/revisions\/2397631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2397628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2397627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2397627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2397627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}