Rodríguez emphasized at the meeting that "from Venezuela we reaffirm our request to continue working together for the rescue of our fellow citizens who are unjustly kidnapped in El Salvador."   Photo: Delcy Rodríguez    Telegram.

"In a meeting with Ambassador Gianluca Rampolla, Resident Coordinator of the United Nations System in Venezuela, we conveyed President Nicolás Maduro Moros' gratitude for the efforts made by UNICEF for the successful rescue of Maikelys Espinoza, who is now safe with her family," Vice President Delcy Rodríguez emphasized on her Telegram channel.

Caracas, May 16 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan government has thanked the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for its role in the efforts that allowed for the return of Maikelys Espinoza, a two-year-old girl separated from her mother by the United States government.

Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez met with the United Nations Coordinator, Gianluca Rampolla, to highlight the agency's efforts.  "In a meeting with Ambassador Gianluca Rampolla, Resident Coordinator of the United Nations System in Venezuela, we conveyed President Nicolás Maduro Moros' gratitude for the efforts made by UNICEF for the successful rescue of the girl Maikelys Espinoza, who is now safe with her family," the vice president emphasized on her Telegram channel.

She also highlighted that Venezuela reaffirms "the request to continue working together for the rescue of our fellow citizens who are unjustly kidnapped in El Salvador under the criminal government of Nayib Bukele."

The minor arrived this Wednesday on a flight from the U.S. state of Texas with 226 migrants and was received at Simón Bolívar Maiquetía International Airport by the first combatant, Cilia Flores, and the Venezuelan Minister of the Interior, Diosdado Cabello.

Cabello emphasized that "this (the girl's return) has been a daily battle, and today we have a great victory: her return."  Maikelys to our homeland."

Meanwhile, Caracas reported that the girl's father was deported to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador, along with more than 250 other Venezuelans, accused of allegedly belonging to the defunct Tren de Aragua gang, without evidence or trial.

To commemorate the girl's return and the International Day of Families, a march has been called in Caracas for Thursday, culminating at Miraflores Palace, where Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is expected to attend.