Venezuela has slammed a US claim that deportees sent to a jail in El Salvador belong to the Tren de Aragua criminal gang. It said the group has been defeated and that none of the deportees had connections with it.

Not all of the hundreds of Venezuelans deported last weekend by the Trump administration are gang members, according to lawyers challenging the US move that whisked them out of the country.

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.

The Chevron offices are pictured after the U.S. government granted a six-month license allowing Chevron to boost oil output in U.S.-sanctioned Venezuela, in Caracas, Venezuela, December 2, 2022. REUTERS/Gaby Oraa/File Photo (Reuters) - The Trump administration is considering a plan to extend Chevron's license to pump oil in Venezuela and impose financial penalties on other countries that do business with the South American nation,

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.

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,