Americans detained in Venezuela freed in prisoner swap

What they're saying: "Thanks to @POTUS's leadership, ten Americans who were detained in Venezuela are on their way to freedom," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on X.

• The Americans are expected to stop in El Salvador before ultimately returning to the U.S., Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said in a post.
• "As was offered to the Venezuelan regime back in April, we carried out this exchange in return for a considerable number of Venezuelan political prisoners, people that regime had kept in its prisons for years, as well as all the American citizens it was holding as hostages," Bukele posted.

Zoom out: The diplomatic negotiations are a major feat for the Trump administration as its worked to return Americans detained abroad.

• "Every wrongfully detained American in Venezuela is now free and back in our homeland," a State Department press release said.
• In the case of these 10 Americans, the State Department said they were jailed by the Venezuelan authorities "under highly questionable circumstances and without proper due process."

• This return follows an earlier round of six released American prisoners in Venezuela this February.

Zoom in: The Venezuelan men are expected to be free once they land in their home country after being detained in El Salvador since mid-March.

• The men were accused of being members of Tren de Aragua, a gang that started in Venezuela and was declared a foreign terrorist organization by Trump. However, most of the men sent to CECOT were not charged with prior crimes and were not given the opportunity to deny the gang allegation.