The socialist regime governing Venezuela freed U.S. Air Force veteran Joe St. Clair on Tuesday after spending six months unjustly detained as a political prisoner under dictator Nicolás Maduro.
St. Clair, 33, was wrongfully detained in October 2024 while traveling as a tourist near the Venezuelan border with a friend. St. Clair’s family denounced that he and his friend were arrested by Venezuelan authorities, who transported them across the border to a Venezuelan prison. The family lost contact with St. Clair for three months until February, when the U.S. State Department notified them that he had been detained and imprisoned in Venezuela. St. Clair has served four tours in Afghanistan.
U.S. Presidential Envoy for Special Missions Richard Grenell announced the release of St.
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