A U.S. citizen arrested in Venezuela in 2014 on weapons trafficking and attempte...
CARACAS/WASHINGTON - A U.S. citizen arrested in Venezuela in 2014 on weapons trafficking and attempted murder charges his family called “trumped-up” was released this week, his family said in a statement on Friday.
His release comes despite sharply deteriorating U.S.-Venezuela ties. In January, President Nicolas Maduro announced he was breaking off diplomatic relations after the United States recognized National Assembly leader Juan Guaido as the country’s legitimate president. “This was a long and often heart-breaking journey, but I am so grateful to be reunited with my son,” said his mother Barbara Leininger, who lives in Bloomington, Indiana.
“Since that time we have been pressing for his return to the United States,” the official said, adding that the U.S. government was still concerned about six executives of U.S. refiner Citgo, a subsidiary of Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, who have been jailed in Venezuela since 2017.
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