Exclusive | How Machado’s Return to Venezuela Got Derailed After U.S. Resistance

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How Machado’s Return to Venezuela Got Derailed After U.S. Resistance Maria Corina Machado was on her way home. A private jet took off from Virginia on Friday last week to carry her to the Caribbean island of Curaçao, where the Venezuelan opposition leader planned to launch a trip back to her country for the first time since she fled in secret in December, said people familiar with the matter. But about an hour into the flight, the dispatcher of the jet’s charter company abruptly told the pilots to turn the Hawker 800 around over North Carolina and return. The aborted flight marked an inflection point in a dayslong clash between Machado’s allies and Trump officials over her return to Venezuela in the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes. Read More Read WSJ's latest headlines › Access WSJ‌.com and our mobile apps. Subscribe

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