Peru, Fujimori coordinates with Rodríguez the expulsion of irregular Venezuelans

The President of Peru, Keiko Fujimori, had a telephone conversation with the Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez to coordinate the expulsion from Peruvian territory of Venezuelan citizens without regular documents and to start cooperation on the "Vuelta a la Patria" repatriation program. Fujimori herself reported this in a message published on X.

The president explained that the Foreign Ministers of the two countries are already working on the necessary protocols to carry out repatriations by air, in an orderly and safe manner, thanking the Venezuelan government for its willingness to collaborate.

Rodríguez called the conversation "cordial" and expressed Caracas' interest in strengthening mechanisms to allow the safe return of Venezuelan citizens to their homeland through the "Vuelta a la Patria" program, without explicitly mentioning expulsions.

The meeting took place a few days after the Peruvian Foreign Minister, Alfonso Carlos Espá, had made the full restoration of diplomatic relations with Caracas conditional on the release of all political prisoners, the definition of a transparent and verifiable electoral calendar and progress on the front of human rights and democratic freedoms.