Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele proposed to Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro an exchange of 252 recently deported Venezuelans held in the Central American country for the same number of political prisoners held by Caracas’ socialist regime.

Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, recently offered to free Venezuelans deported by President Donald Trump in exchange for "political prisoners."

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele proposed carrying out a prisoner swap with Venezuela on Sunday, suggesting he would exchange Venezuelan deportees from the United States his government has kept imprisoned for what he called “political prisoners” in Venezuela.