Photos of Venezuelan men returning home after four-month ordeal in El Salvador prison

Arturo Suárez, one of the Venezuelan migrants deported months ago to El Salvador by the United States under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, is welcomed home by his relatives in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez) — Arturo Suárez, one of the Venezuelan migrants deported months ago to El Salvador by the United States under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, is welcomed home by his relatives in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)

By ARIANA CUBILLOS and CRISTIAN HERNANDEZ

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — An emotional homecoming awaited Venezuelan men who spent four months in prison in El Salvador, where the U.S. government transferred them, accusing them of being members of a foreign gang in the U.S. illegally. Their families had been protesting for their return since last hearing from them in mid-March when they alerted their families that they were about to be deported from the U.S.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

A plane carrying migrants deported months ago by the United States to El Salvador under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown lands at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, Venezuela, Friday, July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) — A plane carrying migrants deported months ago by the United States to El Salvador under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown lands at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, Venezuela, Friday, July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Andry Hernandez, a Venezuelan migrant deported months ago to El Salvador by the United States under an immigration crackdown, is welcomed home in Capacho Nuevo, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Andry Hernandez, a Venezuelan migrant deported months ago to El Salvador by the United States under an immigration crackdown, shows tattoos on his wrists that read "mom" and "dad" after arriving home in Capacho Nuevo, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) — Andry Hernandez, a Venezuelan migrant deported months ago to El Salvador by the United States under an immigration crackdown, shows tattoos on his wrists that read “mom” and “dad” after arriving home in Capacho Nuevo, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Andry Hernandez, a Venezuelan migrant deported months ago to El Salvador by the United States under an immigration crackdown, embraces his parents after arriving home in Capacho Nuevo, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Jasmin Ramirez holds a photo of her son, Angelo Escalona, at a government-organized rally protesting the deportation of alleged members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang, who were transferred to an El Salvador prison, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Ramirez said she hadn't heard from her son since he called to say he was with a group of migrants about to be deported on March 14. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File) — Jasmin Ramirez holds a photo of her son, Angelo Escalona, at a government-organized rally protesting the deportation of alleged members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang, who were transferred to an El Salvador prison, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Ramirez said she hadn’t heard from her son since he called to say he was with a group of migrants about to be deported on March 14. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Migrants deported months ago by the United States to El Salvador under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown arrive at Simon Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Friday, July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) — Migrants deported months ago by the United States to El Salvador under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown arrive at Simon Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Friday, July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Gabriela Mora, center, decorates her home with a friend to welcome her husband, a Venezuelan migrant deported to El Salvador by the United States, in Lobatera, Venezuela Monday, July 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Carlos Uzcategui, one of the Venezuelan migrants deported months ago to El Salvador by the United States under an immigration crackdown, is welcomed home by his wife, Gabriela Mora, in Lobatera, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Gabriela Mora and her daughter react as her husband, Carlos Uzcátegui, a Venezuelan migrants deported months ago to El Salvador by the United States under an immigration crackdown, arrives home in Lobatera, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

People with photos of their relatives who were deported from the U.S. to a prison in El Salvador, for being alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang, cry and pray outside El Salvador's embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File) — People with photos of their relatives who were deported from the U.S. to a prison in El Salvador, for being alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang, cry and pray outside El Salvador’s embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Migrants deported months ago by the United States to El Salvador under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown arrive at Simon Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Friday, July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) — Migrants deported months ago by the United States to El Salvador under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown arrive at Simon Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Friday, July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

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