CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuela information minister Freddy Nazareth Nanez said in a message to Reuters on Tuesday that an American detainee was handed over to Richard Grenell, an envoy of U.S. President Donald Trump in Antigua.
Nanez shared the information after being asked if a post by far right U.S. activist Laura Loomer, where she named the previously detained American as Joe St. Clair and said he was en route to the United States with Grenell, was true.
"Correct," Nanez responded.
Neither the Venezuelan government nor Washington have confirmed the meeting or its topic, but two sources told Reuters Grenell met with Jorge Rodriguez, the head of Venezuela's ruling party-allied legislature.
(Reporting by Vivian SequeraWriting by Julia Symmes Cobb)
