Grenell heads back from Venezuela with six US citizens

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Richard Grenell, President Donald Trump’s presidential envoy for special missions, is returning from Venezuela with six U.S. citizens after meeting with the country’s president

Grenell met with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to deport violent criminal illegal immigrants from the United States and send them back to their country of origin. He announced later on Friday through a post on X that he was returning to the U.S. with six American citizens who had been detained in the country.

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