Rubio says 10 Americans detained in Venezuela have been released


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  • Saturday, 19 Jul 2025

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a nuclear cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony with Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani (not pictured), at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 16, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that 10 Americans detained in Venezuela have been released.

"I want to thank my team at the @StateDep & especially President @nayibbukele for helping secure an agreement for the release of all of our American detainees, plus the release of Venezuelan political prisoners," Rubio said in a post on X.

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