An Eastern Airlines plane carrying Venezuelan migrants repatriated from the US lands at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, on December 3, 2025. JUAN BARRETO/AFP/AFP via Getty Images

The Venezuelan government said the US administration has unilaterally suspended deportation flights from the United States that were due to land on Friday, but a US administration official denied that to be the case.

“This Thursday, the Venezuelan government received the decision by the United States government to unilaterally suspend the return of Venezuelan citizens who were scheduled to return on December 12,” Venezuela’s national aviation authority said in a statement.

“Venezuela reiterates its willingness to receive its citizens despite the suspension by the U.S.,” the aviati

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