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France welcomes release of Franco-American national held in Venezuela

PARIS (Reuters) -France on Monday welcomed the release of Lucas Hunter, a Franco-American national, who has been detained in Venezuela since January, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday.

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Venezuela has labeled all but one of the 58 people it released on Monday under a deal with the United States as political prisoners, the Foro Penal organization reported.

On Monday, July 21, the French government celebrated the release of Lucas Hunter, a Franco-American citizen who had been detained in Venezuela since last January. "France applauds the efforts of the U.S. State Department to secure his release," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. Hunter, 37 years old, who works in finance in London, was arrested since the beginning of January at the border between Colombia and Venezuela by Venez…

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Colorado Springs Gazette broke the news in Colorado Springs, United States on Monday, July 21, 2025.
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