Five members of Venezuela’s political opposition who had taken refuge at the Argentine diplomatic residence in Venezuela’s capital for over a year arrived safely in the United States this week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on May 6, calling the extraction a “successful rescue.”
While Rubio offered few details about the group’s journey, he said the effort was a coordinated operation to free political dissidents held hostage by the regime of Nicolás Maduro, the leader of Venezuela.
