El Salvador’s government sent more than 250 Venezuelans it was holding in a maximum-security prison to Caracas in exchange for 10 Americans detained by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government, U.S. and Salvadoran officials said.

Venezuela on Friday released 10 jailed U.S. citizens and permanent residents in exchange for getting home scores of migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador months ago under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown,

In a rare three-nation prisoner exchange, 252 Venezuelans deported from the U.S. and held in El Salvadors CECOT prison were returned to Caracas on Friday, while Venezuela released 10 detained Americans.