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US, Mexico team up to deport 500 Venezuelans

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A flight from Mexico City carrying 313 Venezuelan citizens landed at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Caracas .

A Conviasa flight that picked up 198 Venezuelans dropped off from a U.S. deportation flight in Honduras .

Venezuela Interior and Justice Minister Diosdado Cabello said 151 children, including six who had arrived in the United States unaccompanied, were to be released to relatives after a vetting process.

Cabello says 1,610 Venezuelans had been returned to Venezuela in flights originating in the U.N. or Mexico since Feb. 10 .