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A mortgage manager, ex-military personnel and a corrupt defense contractor are among the prisoners who have been flown back to the US following the release of Alex Saab

CARACAS/WASHINGTON — Venezuela’s government is freeing at least 20 opposition-linked prisoners and 10 Americans in exchange for the U.S. release of an ally of President Nicolas Maduro, two U.S. officials

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In a landmark prisoner swap, the U.S. releases a key Maduro ally in exchange for 10 Americans and a notorious fugitive, marking a central diplomatic pivot under the Biden administration.

Joseph Ryan Cristella, 40, who last lived in Orlando, Florida, was among the 10 Americans released from a military prison in Caracas after more than 15 months of wrongful detainment.

Several of the Americans released in a swap for a close ally of Nicolas Maduro are in Texas to receive medical evaluations.

Alex Saab is a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

The U.S. has secured the freedom of 10 Americans from Venezuelan prisons, in exchange for the release a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro

WASHINGTON: The United States released an ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in exchange for 10 American detainees and a fugitive dubbed "Fat Leonard" in a sweeping prisoner swap deal between the rival governments on Wednesday (Dec 21).

The US freed a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in exchange for the release of 10 Americans imprisoned in the South American country and the return of a fugitive defense contractor known as "Fat Leonard," the Biden administration announced Wednesday.