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The Biden administration has released a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a swap for jailed Americans, The Associated Press has learned.
President Joe Biden said Wednesday 10 Americans held in Venezuela are coming home while fugitive Leonard Francis is being returned to the United States. An ally of Venezuela President Maduro was released in the exchange.
Roughly a dozen U.S. citizens who have been imprisoned in Venezuela are expected to be released, sources told the Associated Press and Reuters.
The agreement will result in the extradition of Leonard Glenn Francis, who is the central character in one of the largest bribery scandals in Pentagon history.
MIAMI (AP) — The United States freed a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in exchange for the release of 10 Americans imprisoned in the South