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Ten Americans are returning to the U.S. after being released from custody in Venezuela, the Secretary of State said on Friday.
“Thanks to President [Donald] Trump’s leadership and commitment to the American people, the United States welcomes home ten Americans who were detained in Venezuela,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement. “Until today, more Americans were wrongfully held in Venezuela than any other country in the world. It is unacceptable that Venezuelan regime representatives arrested and jailed U.S. nationals under highly questionable circumstances and without proper due process. Every wrongfully detained American in Venezuela is now free and back in our homeland.”
Rubio also thanked the State Department, inter-agency partners, and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele.
“Our commitment to the American people is clear: we will safeguard the well-being of U.S. nationals both at home and abroad and not rest until all