A 2-year-old girl was reunited with her Venezuelan family on May 14 after her parents, whom the federal government accuses of being members of the violent Tren de Aragua gang, were deported from the United States without her.
The toddler, Maikelys Espinoza Bernal, arrived in Venezuela on a repatriation flight alongside more than 220 U.S. deportees and was greeted by Venezuela’s first lady, Cilia Flores.
Later, the child was reunited with her mother, Yorely Escarleth Bernal Inciarte, and maternal grandmother at the presidential palace alongside Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Maduro thanked the U.S. government for facilitating the return of the child….