Anybody Surprised?
This has been going on Quietly…
Could it turn into Asymmetrical Warfare against Trump/US?……
The number of people held in Venezuela has not been reported….
I’d bet the CIA knows how many….
As soon as this story would hit the headlines BIG in the media?
Trump Could be IN a hole….
This isn’t about Hegseth, who has been given almost free rain to do hios ‘Warrior’ thing….
This could turn into pressure , as we have seen , over and OVER around the planet, on leaders to get the hostage’s free….Forcing a ‘give and take’ absent no matter how many guns, missiles or even nukes you have….
Such a situation cost Jimmy Carter his job….
Venezuelan security forces have detained several Americans in the months since the Trump administration began a military and economic pressure campaign against the government of the South American nation, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.
Some of the detainees face legitimate criminal charges, while the U.S. government is considering designating at least two prisoners as wrongfully detained, according to the official. Those arrested include three Venezuelan-American dual passport holders and two American citizens with no known ties to the country, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak publicly.
President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has long used detained Americans, whether guilty or innocent of serious crimes, as bargaining chips in negotiations with Washington, his greatest adversary.
President Trump has made the release of Americans held overseas a priority in his two presidencies, and sent his envoy, Richard Grenell, to Venezuela to negotiate a prisoner deal days after the start of his second term.
The ensuing period of talks between U.S. and Venezuelan officials resulted in the release of 17 American citizens and permanent residents held in Venezuela.
But the Trump administration’s decision to suspend those talks in favor of a military and economic pressure campaign against Mr. Maduro put an end to prisoner releases. The number of detained Americans in Venezuela began to rise again in the fall, according to the U.S. official. That rise coincided with the deployment of a U.S. naval armada in the Caribbean and the start of airstrikes against boats that Washington says transport drugs on Mr. Maduro’s orders.
The identities of most of the Americans detained in Venezuela in recent months are unknown.
The family of a traveler named James Luckey-Lange of Staten Island in New York City, reported him missing soon after he crossed Venezuela’s volatile southern border in early December.
The U.S. official said Mr. Luckey-Lange, 28, is among the recently imprisoned and is one of the two Americans who may be designated as wrongfully detained…..
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“They said he was an American spy,” said Ms. Torres, who said her son was being held with foreigners of many nationalities.
“There are still a lot of them there,” she added. “They’re all political prisoners. This has to stop — it’s too much.”
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