Toddler left behind in U.S. after parents deported arrives in Venezuela

CARACAS, May 14 (Reuters) - A Venezuelan toddler who was separated from her parents when they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border a year ago and who remained in the U.S. when they were deported arrived in the South American country on a removal flight on Wednesday.

Major figures in Venezuela's socialist government, which is under extensive U.S. sanctions, had repeatedly called for Maikelys Espinoza Bernal, aged 2, to be returned to her mother, Yorely Bernal, who was deported back to Venezuela in April.

Images shown on Venezuelan state television showed the child in the arms of First Lady Cilia Flores at the airport.