The six of Citgo, a subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela in the US, is a group of executives who in November 2017 were arrested for alleged corruption. In February 2022, Gustavo Cárdenas was released after a visit by officials from the Joe Biden government to Caracas. The rest wait for similar measures
Relatives of Jorge Toledo, one of the Citgo executives arbitrarily imprisoned by the Venezuelan authorities, asked the President of the United States, Joe Biden, to attend to the case.
Through social networks, Toledo’s wife, Carmen Molina, reminded the US president that she sent a letter written by her husband, in which she did “a call for your humanity, courage and determined leadership to end this difficult and extreme circumstance.”
Toledo developed “multiple ailments” such as pneumonia, kidney failure, covid-19, high blood pressure, allergies, dramatic weight loss, scabies and amebiasis, during his confinement at the headquarters of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin) known as El Helicoide .
“Believe me, all the circumstances conspire for the prisoner to lose control,” the political prisoner said in his letter. Jorge Toledo was imprisoned in 2017 along with five other executives for alleged acts of corruption in the company.
“My colleagues and I went through a broken judicial system that violated all procedures and due process of law that ended in an unfair trial, convicting me without proof of a crime, without committing a crime. Mr President, I am an innocent man; maybe my the only crime here is being an American,” he asserted.
Toledo’s relatives are not the only ones who ask the United States for attention on their case. In May 2022, the family of José Pereira denounced his serious health condition and that urgently requires an operation due to spinal problems.
“Your leadership and authority are needed to implement the immediate actions necessary to secure my release and the release of more than 60 fellow Americans, my brothers and sisters held hostage and wrongfully detained around the world,” Citgo said. your letter.
On March 8, after more than four years in detention, former manager Gustavo Cárdenas was released after a meeting between senior US officials who traveled to Caracas and representatives of the Nicolás Maduro administration at the Miraflores Palace.
The six of citgo (a subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela in the US) is a group of executives who in November 2017 were unexpectedly summoned to attend business meetings in Caracas, but on the last day of the meetings they were arrested for alleged corruption.
Chamber nine of the Court of Appeals of the Caracas criminal circuit confirmed in February of this year a previous sentence from another court, which sentenced these officials to 13 years and seven months in prison. They were linked to the crimes of fraudulent embezzlement, concert of official with contractor and association to commit a crime.
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