El Salvador President Nayib Bukele proposed a prisoner exchange with Venezuela on Sunday.
Bukele suggested sending 252 Venezuelans deported from the United States and incarcerated in his country to Venezuela, in exchange for taking "political prisoners" held by Venezuela.
Bukele asked Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to hand over 252 "of the political prisoners you are holding," he posted on X-handle.
The Salvadoran leader did not specify whether the prisoners would be jailed again after the swap took place.
Venezuela's chief prosecutor, Tarek William Saab, criticized Bukele's proposal and accused El Salvador of unlawfully imprisoning the Venezuelans.
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