US Secretary of State Mark Rubio threatened Venezuela Tuesday with new ‘Hard sanctions’ Unless it welcomes Latin America nationals deported by the US authorities.

“Venezuela has an obligation to accept its citizens who are repatriated by the US. This is not a matter for discussion or negotiation ‘, reported via X.

“If the Maduro regime does not accept a permanent flow of expulsion flights, without further excuses or delays, the US will impose new, harsh and escalating sanctions”he expressed.

After taking power, President Donald Trump on January 20th, hundreds of Venezuelan nationals were deported by the US.

However, the Republican constructs that the Venezuelan government does not comply with ‘Rules -agreed up’ The repatriation and, in terms of retaliation, has canceled a special permission in the American oil colossus Chevron to operate in the Latin America country, depriving the Caracas deprived of remarkable revenue.

Three aircraft carrying more than 200 Venezuelan immigrants, which authorities in Washington accuse them of being members of the Tren de Aragua gang landing Monday in El Salvador, where they were taken to a high security prison.

Flights with immigrants from Venezuela deported to their repatriation were postponed twice last week.

Most Venezuelan nationals benefited from a special expulsion protection regime (TPS) given by former President Joe Biden. But Mr Trump canceled the TPS for the nationals of the country on January 29th.

Almost eight million Venezuelan citizens have left the country over the years due to the deep economic and political crisis since 2014. They initially appealed to other Latin American states, primarily in Colombia, Peru and Chile.

Then they began to head to the US, often crossing the inhospitable and dangerous Jungle of Darien at the border of Colombia and Panama.