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US Detainee Handed over to Trump Envoy in Antigua, Venezuela Minister Says
- On Tuesday, a US citizen previously held in Venezuela was transferred to Richard Grenell, President Trump's envoy, on the Caribbean island of Antigua.
- The transfer followed backchannel talks in Antigua where Grenell met Venezuelan officials to negotiate the detainee’s release amid ongoing US-Venezuela discussions.
- The detainee, identified as 33-year-old disabled Air Force veteran Joe St. Clair, was arrested near the Colombian-Venezuelan border in October 2024 and held in a prison condemned by rights groups.
- Freddy Nazareth Nanez, the Venezuelan official responsible for information, confirmed the accuracy of reports that Joe St. Clair was traveling to the United States with Richard Grenell, while two independent sources confirmed that a meeting took place in Antigua to discuss negotiations.
- The release indicates a warming of ties as Grenell also offered a 60-day extension for US oil operations in Venezuela, pending US Treasury and State Department approval.
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Caracas. Joseph St. Clair, a former U.S. military officer detained in Venezuela, was handed over on the Caribbean island of Antigua to Richard Grenell, sent by U.S. President Donald Trump, confirmed the Minister of Information of the Bolivarian Republic, Freddy Náñez.
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A U.S. citizen who had been detained in Venezuela was handed over to Richard Grenell, sent by U.S. President Donald Trump, on the Caribbean island of Antigua, Venezuela’s information minister Freddy Nañez said Tuesday. The minister shared the information after being asked if a publication by U.S. extreme right-wing activist Laura Loomer was true, in which he named the U.S. previously detained as “Air Force veteran Joe St. Clair” and said that he…
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