Venezuela's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on Friday that none of the hundreds of Venezuelans deported by the U.S. to a Salvadoran prison is a member of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua criminal gang,

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on Friday that no one among the hundreds of deportees to a Salvadoran prison, whom Washington accused of being members of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang, were related to the criminal organization.

Venezuela’s leader has described the deportation of more than 200 migrants sent by the United States to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador as a “kidnapping,” and denied they are criminals while backing calls for their return.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg is moving closer to contempt of court proceedings over Saturday's deportation flights.

A Colombian-Venezuelan migrant deported from the U.S. over the weekend and being held in a high-security prison in El Salvador has no criminal record or ties to a Venezuelan gang and his rights are being violated,

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is considering a plan to extend Chevron's license to pump oil in Venezuela by at least 60 days, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Chief Executive Mike Wirth lobbied top administration officials including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

The Trump administration is poised to extend Chevron Corp.’s deadline to halt its Venezuela operations for at least another 30 days, following lobbying efforts by the Texas-based oil giant, people familiar with the matter said.