6 Americans Detained in Venezuela Released After High-Level Meeting

Six American citizens who had been held in Venezuela were freed following a meeting between President Nicolás Maduro and Richard Grenell, a senior U.S. official, according to the Trump administration. Grenell shared an image on social media platform X of himself and the freed individuals on an aircraft on Friday. “We are wheels up and headed home with these 6 American citizens,” he wrote. “They just spoke to [President Donald Trump] and they couldn’t stop thanking him.” Grenell did not identify the former prisoners. His brief visit to Venezuela primarily focused on two key issues: Trump’s efforts to deport Venezuelans back to their home country, which currently does not accept them, and securing the release of detained Americans, White House officials said....