US Calls for Humanitarian Release of Wrongfully Detained Americans in Venezuela

US Calls for Humanitarian Release of Wrongfully Detained Americans in Venezuela
People queue in front of a supermarket during the national quarantine in response to the spreading CCP virus disease (COVID-19) in Caracas, Venezuela March 17, 2020. Manaure Quintero/Reuters
Ella Kietlinska
Updated:
U.S. State Secretary Mike Pompeo called on Venezuela in a statement on March 19 to release five U.S. citizens and one U.S. resident from Citgo that have been wrongfully detained by the Venezuelan regime for over two years ago and are currently imprisoned in the infamous Helicoide prison in Caracas.

During their detention there was no “evidence being brought against them” and “eighteen hearings have been cancelled,” says the statement.

Ella Kietlinska
Ella Kietlinska
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Ella Kietlinska is an Epoch Times reporter covering U.S. and world politics.
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