WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Veteran U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson was not able to secure the release of American citizens held as prisoners in Venezuela during his visit to the country, his foundation said in a statement late on Thursday.
On his trip to Venezuela, which he called a private humanitarian mission conducted at the request of "several American prisoners' families," Richardson met Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Venezuela's vice president.
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