Since the United States began a pressure campaign against the Government of Nicolás Maduro, the authorities of Venezuela Several Americans have been arrested, some of whom Washington is considering declaring as illegally detained, The New York Times reports, citing an anonymous Venezuelan official.
Some of those detained have been charged with legitimate criminal charges, but President Donald Trump’s administration is considering declaring at least two of these prisoners as illegally detained, according to the aforementioned official.
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The same source indicated that Among those detained are three people with dual Venezuelan and American nationality.as well as two American citizens with no known ties to the Caribbean country.
It is believed that one of the two people Washington could declare as an illegally detained individual is a 28-year-old New Yorker named James Luckey-Lange who was traveling in Venezuela in December.
All of the aforementioned arrests have occurred since the US activated a huge military deployment in the Caribbean in September. with the argument of combating drug trafficking from Colombia and Venezuela, while at the same time demanding the departure of Nicolás Maduro and his close allies, whom he accuses of leading the Cartel of the Suns.
Within the framework of this operation, baptized ‘Lance of the South’, Washington has summarily destroyed almost 40 alleged vessels and killed about 110 of their occupants.and has also ordered the confiscation of sanctioned oil tankers transporting Venezuelan crude oil to try to economically suffocate the Executive in Caracas.
Washington believes that the Government of Ripe employs Americans detained in Venezuela as a bargaining chip in their bilateral negotiations.
Shortly after returning to the White House almost a year ago, Trump negotiated with Caracas the release of 17 people who had American nationality or permanent residence in the United States.
