American immigration and customs application transported 177 migrants from Guantanamo Bay to Honduras for the final dismissal to Venezuela, according to a Publish of the agency.
Most of the migrants hosted in Guantanamo Bay were venezuelans.
The stolen Venezuelan migrants from Guantanamo Bay via Honduras, walk after taking an expulsion flight at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Marchetia, Guaira State, Venezuela, February 20, 2025.
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In legal files, the government argued that Guantanamo Bay’s operation was “supposed to be a temporary stopover” on the path of repatriation. Migrants left on two flights Thursday.
The stolen Venezuelan migrants from Guantanamo Bay via Honduras, walk after taking an expulsion flight at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Marchetia, Guaira State, Venezuela, February 20, 2025.
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The Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Security, Kristi Noem, said in a brief video earlier in February that she had visited the base and verified the operations that the Ministry of Internal Security and the Ministry of Defense have risen.
“I am here in Guantanamo Bay, to discover some of the operations that we want to house the worst of the worst, and illegal criminals from the United States of America, they will not be there for a long time,” she declared in a video on X.
“The ice intends to use [Naval Station Guantanamo Bay] As an installment of temporary stavification for repatriated extraterrestrials and expects the average duration of the stay at the MOC to be also limited to the time necessary to carry out the dismissal orders, “an ice official wrote on Thursday.
The first American military plane to transport migrants detained in a detention center in Guantanamo Bay, spokesperson for the American Ministry of Internal Security, Tricia McLaughlin, called “very dangerous criminal aliens”, is aboard an unrecognized location in the United States on February 4, 2025.
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There were 10 American military flights originally transported all migrants to Guantanamo bay, the first with 10 migrants arriving on February 4.
“These 10 people with High Menace are currently accommodated in vacant detention establishments,” the Ministry of Defense said in a statement at the time. “American immigration and customs application take this measure to ensure the safe and safe detention of these people until they can be transported to their country of origin or another appropriate destination.”
And Noem added in a Publish At the time, “President @realdonaldtrump was very clear: Guantanamo Bay will hold the worst. It starts today.”
While some of the migrants were suspected of members of the Venezuelan gang Tren of Aragua, the accusations they were confronted were not clear.
“Where are you going to put Tren of Aragua before sending them back all the way?” Defense secretary Pete Hegseth asked. “How about a maximum security prison in Guantanamo Bay, where we have space?”
The Guantanamo Bay migrant operations center was appointed by President Donald Trump in a January 29 To accommodate migrants without legal status in the United States. The migrant operations center, separated from the high-security prison installation that was used to hold al-Qaeda detainees, had to be operational at “full capacity”, according to the prescription.
A photo published by the Ministry of Internal Security of the first flight of migrants which was part of Tren of Aragua, preparing for takeoff for Guantanamo Bay, on February 4, 2025.
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The abolition of migrants from Guantanamo Bay in Honduras follows the migrants who agreed this Thursday to speak to their lawyers by phone.
DHS said at the time that he determined “the feasibility and the need” of the visits in person of the migrant lawyers.
“There is a lot of space to welcome a lot of people,” Trump said on February 4. “So we will use it.
“Migrants are difficult, but we also have bad ones,” he added. “I would like to take them out.
It is not clear if there will be future migrant flights to Guantanamo bay.
Luis Martinez from ABC News, Laura Romero and Stacey Dec contributed to this report.
