Updated On: 22 February, 2025 08:26 AM IST | San Jose (Costa Rica) | Agencies
Trump has pressured countries to help facilitate deportations, at times under the threat of steep tariffs or sanctions

Security personnel approach the plane after it landed at Juan Santamaría International Airport in San Jose, Costa Rica. Pic/AFP
A group of families including children hailing from Uzbekistan, China, Afghanistan, Russia and more countries landed in Costa Rica’s capital San José on Thursday—the first flight of 135 deportees from other nations Costa Rica agreed to hold in detention facilities for the Trump administration while it organised the return back to their countries.
Additionally, Honduras on Thursday facilitated a handoff of deportees between the US and Venezuela for a flight coming from Guantanamo Bay. Trump has pressured countries to help facilitate deportations, at times under the threat of steep tariffs or sanctions.