the president of USAJoe Biden, announced this Saturday the release of seven imprisoned Americans in Venezuelaincluding five directors of the American company Citgo, a subsidiary of the Venezuelan state company PDVSA.
“These individuals will soon be reunited with their families and in the arms of their loved ones, which is where they belong,” Biden said in a statement. a distributed statement by the White House.
#Urgent Bolivarian Government reports on the release of two Venezuelans unjustly imprisoned in the US. It also reports on the humanitarian release of US citizens. pic.twitter.com/ztN7atnOv0
– Alfred Nazareth (@luchaalmada) October 1, 2022
The names of the former prisoners are Jorge Toledo, Tomeu Vadell, Alirio Zambrano, Jose Luis Zambrano, Jose Pereira, Matthew Heath and Osman Khan. Biden said he was very grateful to those who managed this agreement from his administration.
Said statement does not detail whether the United States has given compensation to the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro for the release of the Americans.
However, the US agency App He referred in a preview from his social networks that the return really constituted “an unusual exchange”, since it was made in exchange for the US releasing two relatives of President Maduro.
Meanwhile, Maduro himself shared on Twitter the announcement released by the Vice President of Communication, Alfred Nazareth. The text bases the release of the Americans on “humanitarian reasons” while, regarding the Venezuelans, it refers to two people who had been “unjustly imprisoned in the US.”
With information from Efe and AP.
