A high-stakes effort to free a group of detained Americans and dozens of Venezuelan political prisoners collapsed earlier this year due to internal conflict within the Trump administration, as two top officials pursued conflicting negotiations with Caracas,

Negotiations for a prisoner swap between the United States and Venezuela broke down as two top US officials held talks with Venezuelans separately without any coordination, according to a report.

White House claims El Salvador is responsible for deportees imprisoned there but reportedly used them as a bargaining chip in a failed prisoner swap