CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A senior Trump administration official has traveled to Venezuela to urge President Nicolás Maduro’s government to take back deported migrants who’ve committed crimes in the U.S. and release a handful of imprisoned Americans, a U.S. official said Friday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Trump official travels to Venezuela for talks with Maduro on migrant deportations, imprisoned Americans.

Lopez, his wife Karina Cañizarez and their 5-year-old son Jesus are refugees from Venezuela and Colombia who were embraced ... have been working furiously to settle families in Connecticut through a project they founded in their small town of Washington.

A Connecticut man charged with causing a fiery crash that shut down a major highway bridge and killed a truck driver has died of cancer.

It comes after a harsh crackdown on the country's gangs by El Salvador President Nayib Bukele. Bukele suspended key constitutional rights in 2022 and arrested 84,000 people, more than 1% of the country’s population. The majority of them remain in prison without being sentenced.

More than 2,200 people were detained after Venezuela’s July presidential election, when civil unrest broke out over Maduro’s claim to victory. With dissent firmly squelched, the government has slowly released nearly 1,900 of the mostly poor, politically unaffiliated twenty-somethings.

Ten members or associates of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Araguas have been indicted on charges of running a gun trafficking scheme in New York City that stretched across the country and aspired to spread internationally, officials said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday that the Trump administration has revoked a decision that would have protected roughly 600,000 people from Venezuela from deportation.

It is unclear if reported ICE activity in Connecticut is part of the Trump administration's crackdown that began this weekend.

Eldjy,” a Haitian man living in southeastern Connecticut, is one of many immigrants thrust into uncertainty under President Donald Trump’s sweeping actions to roll back key immigration policies and protections.

Immigration officials would have authority to quickly expel migrants temporarily admitted via the CBP One App and a separate program for certain people fleeing Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

Patrick Agyemang was called up to the United States Men’s National Team last week, and he made the most of his time, scoring in each of his first two games as a U.S. national team player.