At least one member of the 'CITGO 6' released from prison in Venezuela
CNN
At least one American member of the so-called CITGO 6 has been released from prison in Venezuela, a lawyer assisting several of the CITGO 6 and a spokesman from a Venezuelan nongovernmental organization that's providing legal assistance to prisoners in the country both told CNN.
Gustavo Cárdenas, a US citizen detained in Caracas since 2017 who's one of six former oil executives the US refinery CITGO, was released from prison on Tuesday evening, the lawyer and the NGO said.
The release follows a high-profile visit by US officials to Caracas on Saturday -- the first since diplomatic relations between the two countries broke down in 2019.
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