"Multiple Americans who were detained in Venezuela have been released, the Trump Administration said late on Tuesday, hailing the move by the nation's interim leader. "We welcome the release of detained Americans in Venezuela. This is an important step in the right direction by the interim authorities," the State Department said. It was not immediately clear how many American detainees were released."
"The move comes after US forces kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a nighttime raid and brought him to the US to face trial. Jorge Rodriguez, the head of Venezuela's national assembly and brother of interim President Delcy Rodriguez, had said last week that a "significant number" of Venezuelan and foreign prisoners in the country would be released as a gesture to "seek peace" after Maduro's capture."
Multiple Americans detained in Venezuela have been released, and the US State Department welcomed the action as an important step by interim authorities. The exact number of released American detainees has not been immediately confirmed. The releases followed an operation in which US forces kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a nighttime raid and transported him to the United States to face trial. Jorge Rodriguez, head of Venezuela's national assembly and brother of interim President Delcy Rodriguez, said that a "significant number" of Venezuelan and foreign prisoners would be released as a gesture to "seek peace" after Maduro's capture. The situation remains developing.
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