Venezuela to investigate alleged torture of its citizens in El Salvador jail

Attorney general says detainees from Cecot prison returned under deal with US suffered a range of abuses

Venezuela's attorney general, Tarek Saab, said on Monday that his office would investigate El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, and two other officials for the alleged abuse of Venezuelans detained in the country.

More than 250 Venezuelans held in El Salvador's notorious Cecot prison returned to Venezuela on Friday under the terms of a prisoner exchange agreed with the US.