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The US State Department’s high official for hostage and detainee points quietly traveled to Venezuela final month as efforts to deliver dwelling Americans wrongfully detained there proceed.
Roger Carstens, the particular presidential envoy for hostage affairs, visited the Venezuelan capital of Caracas shortly earlier than Christmas, a US official and relations of detainees instructed CNN.
According to the US official, the December 2022 journey – which hasn’t been beforehand reported – was targeted on checking on the Americans who stay imprisoned in Venezuela. Carstens was accompanied by US consular officers.
The United States not has official relations with the federal government of Venezuelan chief Nicolas Maduro and doesn’t have diplomats posted within the nation, that means that entry to Americans there’s extraordinarily restricted.
There are a minimum of 4 Americans…
2023-01-13 11:35:27 US hostage envoy Roger Carstens quietly traveled to Venezuela to see detained Americans
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