It's the largest prisoner exchange of President Biden's term so far.
The exchange secures freedom for seven U.S. citizens whom Venezuela "wrongfully detained," Biden said in a statement on Saturday.The freed American prisoners include five employees of Citgo — Tomeu Vadell, Jose Luis Zambrano, Alirio Zambrano, Jorge Toledo and Jose Pereira., a former U.S. Marine corporal, and Osman Khan, who was arrested earlier this year, were freed, too, AP reports.
"These individuals will soon be reunited with their families and back in the arms of their loved ones where they belong," Biden said in the statement.Franqui Flores and his cousin Efrain Campo — nephews of Maduro's wife Cilia Flores — were granted clemency by Biden before being released, according to the AP.The big picture:
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