After their plans to seek asylum in the US were crushed, thousands of Venezuelan migrants across Central America and Mexico decided to backtrack and return to their native country. From Mexico City, The World’s Tibisay Zea reports on what is driving the phenomenon,

It was President Donald Trump who first issued Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans in 2021 while in the last days of his first presidential term.

Several Venezuelans have been arrested and charged in the US in recent months for their role in ATM jackpotting schemes.

Dozens of Venezuelan migrants boarded small boats on an island off the Caribbean coast of Panama on Monday, setting off towards Colombia by sea as part of a reverse migration of families who have given up trying to reach the United States.