May 14 (UPI) -- A 2-year-old kept in U.S. government custody after her parents were deported was reunited with her mother in Venezuela on Wednesday.
Maikelys Antonella Espinoza Bernal arrived in the morning at Simon Bolivar International Airport near Caracas on a flight from the United States, CNN reported. She was among the group of Venezuelans who returned to the Central American nation, Venezuela Analysis reported.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro posted video on Facebook of the reunion. She is seen being carried by lady Cilia Flores then handed over to the toddler's mother, Yorley Escarleth Bernal Inciarte, at the presidential palace in Caracas. The child's grandmother was also on hand.
Inciarte, 20, was deported on April 25 from the United States, and her partner, Maiker Espinoza-Escalon, eventually was sent to a notorious prison in El Salavador on March 30.
Maduro posted on Facebook: "The girl loved by all, miracle has been consumed again. First and foremost, thank God for bringing #Maikelys into her mother's arms. Very soon we will also rescue his (sic) father and the 253 who are in El Salvador. Congratulations to the family and people of #Venezuela."
