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Pedro Camacho

Marco Rubio Threatens Maduro Regime with 'Severe and Escalating Sanctions' if it Refuses To Accept Venezuelan Deportees

Marco Rubio (Credit: Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned that the Trump administration will impose "severe and escalating sanctions" on Venezuela if the government of authoritarian president Nicolás Maduro fails to resume accepting deportation flights of Venezuelan nationals from the U.S.

Rubio added in a post on his X account that Venezuela is "obligated to accept its citizens repatriated from the United States."

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