Associated Press
Six Americans who had been detained in Venezuela in recent months were freed by the government of President Nicolás Maduro after he met Friday with a Trump administration official tasked with urging the authoritarian leader to take back deported migrants who have committed crimes in the United States.
U.S. President Donald Trump and his envoy for special missions, Richard Grenell, announced the release of the six men on social media. The visit by Grenell came as a shock to many Venezuelans who hoped that Trump would continue the “maximum pressure” campaign he pursued against Maduro during his first term.
Grenell’s hours long trip to Venezuela, according to the White House, was focused on Trump’s efforts to deport Venezuelans back to their home country, which currently does not accept them, and on the release of the detained Americans.
“We are wheels up and headed home with these 6 American citizens,” Grenell posted on X along with a photo showing him and the men aboard an aircraft. “They just spoke to @realDonaldTrump and they couldn’t stop thanking him.”
The meeting in Venezuela’s capital took place less than a month after Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term despite credible evidence that he lost last year’s election. The U.S. government, along with several other Western nations, does not recognize Maduro’s claim to victory and instead points to tally sheets collected by the opposition coalition showing that its candidate, Edmundo González, won by a more than a two-to-one margin.
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Republished with permission of the Associated Press.
7 comments
Paul Passarelli
February 1, 2025 at 3:54 pm
More Leftist heads explode! I LOVE it!!!
MH/Duuuval
February 2, 2025 at 5:32 pm
Didn’t take long — today, in fact — for Trump to officially sic the US authorities on Venezuelans who had gotten special treatment because the whole world knows Maduro and his predecessor are fascist commies. Hasta la vista!
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KathrynA
February 1, 2025 at 8:37 pm
The reason many left Venezuela was because of this evil man. Why would they want to go back and what promises did we make to this man, who is not even the legal president??
MarvinM
February 1, 2025 at 9:03 pm
This is a little different (although agree it’s hard to tell just from the title). They weren’t going back to Venezuela – The story is about 6 Americans who were detained in Venezuela coming back to America.
I tried to find out why or for how long they were detained, all I could find out was the were detained “recently” and one report cited charges of terrorism, which sounds bogus.
Let’s just say there’s a lot more information we need to know.
The last part of your last sentence is spot on – “what promises did we make to this man, who is not even the legal president??”
We absolutely deserve to know what the deal was.
And why were they going through Maduro and not Gonzalez?
I think I read that this was not to be construed as meaning the U.S. recognized Maduro as President.
But that’s today, who knows what will happen tomorrow?
All I can say is, maybe we need to send Marco Rubio a care basket : A fine selection of relaxing teas and a 4-year’s supply of Tums.
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MH/Duuuval
February 2, 2025 at 10:57 am
We absolutely deserve to know what the deal was.”
Don’t hold your breath, MM, unless you a millionaire donor.
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