US deports first batch of Venezuelans since earthquakes

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The United States resumed deportation flights to Venezuela this week, returning more than 100 migrants after devastating earthquakes killed more than 6,000 people in June.

A flight carrying 147 Venezuelan nationals arrived Monday at General José Antonio Anzoátegui International Airport in Barcelona, Venezuela, marking the first large deportation flight since the disaster.

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