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The United States agreed to free a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in exchange for 10 Americans imprisoned there.

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.Venezuela in return handed over a fugitive named Leonard Francis at the center of the US Navy's worst ever corruption scandal, released 20 Venezuelan political prisoners and released the 10 US citizens.

The Biden administration released a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from US custody as part of a significant prisoner swap.

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

Alex Saab, who was arrested on a U.S. warrant for money laundering in 2020, was released from custody Wednesday. In exchange, Maduro will free some, if not all, of the roughly dozen U.S. citizens who remain imprisoned in Venezuela.

The Biden administration has released a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a swap for jailed Americans, The Associated Press has learned.

The deal represents the U.S. government's boldest bid to improve relations with the major oil-producing nation.

In a bold move to improve relations, the United States secures the freedom of 10 Americans imprisoned in Venezuela by exchanging a close ally of President Maduro. This exchange also includes the extradition of a fugitive defense contractor involved in a massive Pentagon bribery scandal. Read the full story here.

In a bold move to improve relations, the United States secures the freedom of 10 Americans imprisoned in Venezuela by exchanging a close ally of President Maduro. This exchange also includes the extradition of a fugitive defense contractor involved in a massive Pentagon bribery scandal. Read the full story here.

Defence contractor Leonard Glenn Francis is the central character in one of the largest bribery scandals in Pentagon history.