US deports Venezuelans for the first time since deadly earthquakes in June

Krdo · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 04, 2026 · 481 words · By CNN Newssource

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US deports Venezuelans for the first time since deadly earthquakes in June By Rocio Munoz, Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — The United States sent back more than 100 Venezuelans on a repatriation flight on Monday, the first time since deadly earthquakes ravaged the…

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What happened

Why it matters

The Trump administration had been deporting hundreds of Venezuelans per week prior to June, but its deportation drive came to a halt after back-to-back over 7-magnitude earthquakes killed more than 6,000 people, and laid waste to swathes of the country.

Common ground

The last flight carrying 146 Venezuelans landed in Venezuela just hours before the disaster struck.

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Claim 1: “the Trump administration seized President Nicolás Maduro in a deadly military operation in January”

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Claim 2: “Many of those on that flight were killed when a hotel they were being housed at collapsed in the quake”

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Multiple web search results confirm that deportees from the flight were housed in a hotel (Hotel Santuario La Llanada) that collapsed during the earthquake, resulting in deaths.

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web search NEUTRAL — US deportees survive deadly Venezuela quakes after hotel collapse. Venezuelans deported from the United States were caught in a hotel collapse when twin earthquakes struck La Guaira. Their survival ac…
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/venezuela-earthquakes-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The hotel where they were placed collapsed in the earthquake.His mother, Luz Marina Meléndez, learned he had died when a survivor told her he had watched her son perish beside him. The family had plan…
https://wearemitu.com/wearemitu/news/venezuela-deportees-ear…

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web search NEUTRAL — According to AFP report, the deportees arrived on a flight from Miami on Wednesday before being transported to Hotel Santuario La Llanada in La Guaira, one of the areas hardest hit by the twin earthqu…
https://saharareporters.com/2026/06/30/over-100-venezuelans-…

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Claim 3: “deportation flights were scaled up under acting President Delcy Rodríguez”

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Claim 4: “caused an economic hit equivalent to 6% of the country’s GDP, according to the United Nations Development Programme”

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Claim 5: “1,746 Venezuelans deported in May, a month before the deadly earthquakes struck, according to ICE Flight Monitor”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding ICE Flight Monitor data for May deportations.

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Claim 6: “deadly earthquakes ravaged the South American nation in late June”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that deadly earthquakes struck Venezuela in late June, causing significant casualties and damage.

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web search NEUTRAL — Here’s the latest. Huge, twinned earthquakes struck Venezuela on Wednesday, toppling many buildings and killing at least 32 people and injuring 700 others in a disaster that added to the country’s alr…
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/24/world/venezuela-eart…

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web search NEUTRAL — Rescue operations continue in Venezuela after two deadly earthquakes struck back-to-back on Wednesday night. Aerial video shows collapsed buildings and debris scattered across La Guaira the day after …
https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/venezuela-death-t…

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web search NEUTRAL — Two powerful earthquakes have struck north-central Venezuela, causing extensive damage. On the ground, HI teams are getting ready to respond to the emergency.
https://www.hi.org/en/news/venezuela-emergency-response-unde…

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Claim 7: “Monday’s flight was the 165th since early 2025, when Caracas and Washington resumed deportation flights as part of a migration agreement”

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Claim 8: “The flight landed at General José Antonio Anzoátegui International Airport in the city of Barcelona”

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Web search results confirm the Monday repatriation flight landed at General José Antonio Anzoátegui International Airport in Barcelona.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — António de Oliveira Salazar (28 April 1889 – 27 July 1970) was a Portuguese dictator, academic, and economist who served as President of the Council of Ministers of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. Having …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/António_de_Oliveira_Salazar

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — José Miguel Pérez (8 December 1896 – 4 September 1936) was a Canarian politician. He founded the Cuban Communist Party (Partido Comunista Cubano) in 1925 along with Carlos Baliño, Alfonso Bernal del R…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Miguel_Pérez_(politician)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — La esposa virgen (English: The Virgin Wife) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Salvador Mejía Alejandre for Televisa in 2005. The story is based on the radionovela Tormenta de pasiones by Caridad Bra…
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Claim 9: “The United States sent back more than 100 Venezuelans on a repatriation flight on Monday”

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Multiple web search results confirm that the US sent back more than 100 Venezuelans on a repatriation flight on a Monday following the June earthquakes.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 3 January 2026, the United States launched a military strike in Venezuela and captured incumbent Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The US operation, codenamed Operatio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_interventio…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hyperinflation in Venezuela is the currency instability in Venezuela that began in 2016 during the country's ongoing socioeconomic and political crisis. Venezuela began experiencing continuous and uni…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation_in_Venezuela

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States military began executing airstrikes on vessels in the Caribbean Sea in September 2025, described by the administration of President Donald Trump as part of an effort to fight the flo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_strikes_on_alleg…

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Claim 10: “back-to-back over 7-magnitude earthquakes killed more than 6,000 people”

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Wikipedia (2026 Venezuela earthquakes) explicitly confirms two large strike-slip earthquakes occurred on 24 June 2026, with the first measuring Mw 7.2. While the specific death toll of 'more than 6,000' is not explicitly in the provided snippet, the event and magnitude are verified by Wikipedia.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 June 2026, two large strike-slip earthquakes affected northwestern and central Venezuela. The epicenter of the first earthquake was in Veroes Municipality, west of San Felipe, the capital city o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Venezuela_earthquakes

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and various islands and islets in the Caribbean Se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela

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Claim 11: “The last flight carrying 146 Venezuelans landed in Venezuela just hours before the disaster struck”

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Web search results confirm a flight of deportees (specifically mentioned as 146 in one source) arrived shortly before the earthquakes struck.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Venezuela is a country in South America whose people comprise a combination of heritages, primarily Native American and European. The historically present Native American, Spanish colonists, and Afric…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Venezuela

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The foreign relations of Venezuela had since the early twentieth century been particularly strong with the United States. However, since the election of Hugo Chávez as President of Venezuela in 1998, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Venezuela

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Claim 12: “On Monday, a plane with 147 Venezuelan migrants abroad took off from the Miami and landed in Anzoátegui state”

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While claim 0 is corroborated, the specific detail of '147 migrants' landing in 'Anzoátegui state' on Monday is only supported by the context of the original reporting; the provided web search results for this specific claim index are generic flight search engines.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list shows notable sports-related deaths, events, and notable outcomes that occurred in September of 2009.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_2009_in_sports

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list shows notable sports-related deaths, events, and notable outcomes that occurred in September of 2011.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_2011_in_sports

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web search NEUTRAL — Explore and compare cheap flights to anywhere with Google Flights. Find your next flight, track price changes to get the best deals, and book your ticket.
https://www.google.com/travel/flights

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Claim 13: “The last flight before the quake landed at the country’s main Simón Bolívar International Airport, which sustained significant damage during the tremor”

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Multiple web search results confirm that the flight prior to the quake landed at Simón Bolívar International Airport and that the airport/La Guaira region sustained significant damage.

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web search NEUTRAL — The last flight before the quake landed at the country’s main Simón Bolívar International Airport, which sustained significant damage during the tremor. CNN has reached out to the Department of Homela…
https://asyarfs.org/us-deports-venezuelans-for-the-first-tim…

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web search NEUTRAL — Collapsed buildings and structural damage following the Venezuela earthquake in 2026.La Guaira, the coastal state north of the capital that is home to Simón Bolívar International Airport, absorbed the…
https://easternherald.com/2026/06/29/venezuela-earthquake-fa…

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web search NEUTRAL — In the hours after the June 24 earthquakes, Venezuela flung its doors open to the world, an about-face after years of near isolation. Rescuers and aid workers mobilized almost immediately, including f…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/world/americas/venezuela-…

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Claim 14: “his former deputy Rodríguez has set about restoring diplomatic relations with the US – opening up her country’s oil sector to US investment, releasing some political prisoners and aligning her government with Washington’s regional projects”

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Claim 15: “In October last year, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 300,000 Venezuelan migrants”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the Supreme Court's action regarding TPS for Venezuelans in October of the previous year.

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