Socialist Maduro has
said that the United States, his ideological foe, had requested the men be
freed, but he vowed on Wednesday they would be tried as “corrupt, thieving
traitors” for allegedly seeking to personally profit from a financial deal that
was detrimental to the nation. “The U.S. Embassy in Venezuela has asked that
(Venezuelan) authorities grant consular access to all U.S. citizen detainees in
Venezuela. We call on the (Venezuelan government) to do so immediately in
accordance with the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations,” the State
Department official said. More…
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