US EditionSenators ask President Trump to secure release of Kitsap County man imprisoned in Venezuela
- On April 26, 2025, Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray appealed to President Trump to intervene and assist in securing the freedom of Joseph St. Clair, a 33-year-old Air Force veteran currently detained in Venezuela.
- In October 2024, St. Clair was detained while traveling close to the border area between Venezuela and Colombia, and he is believed to be unjustly held as part of Venezuela’s strategy of using American detainees for political bargaining.
- The U.S. State Department confirmed St. Clair’s detention, designating him wrongfully held with little progress on his case despite a family-assigned official and advocacy from groups like Bring Our Families Home.
- St. Clair completed four deployments in Afghanistan and struggles with PTSD; his father expressed profound worry, noting that he enlisted as a healthy young man but returned profoundly affected.
- The senators’ call and ongoing U.S. Efforts emphasize the urgent need for St. Clair’s release and highlight the broader issue of Americans unjustly detained by the Venezuelan regime.
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"Like he's back from the dead": The difficult recovery of an American who was imprisoned in Venezuela
By Anabella Gonzalez and Maria Santana, CNN en Español This is only the second time David Estrella has left his New Jersey home in more than two months. Since his release in late January from Venezuela's Rodeo I high-security prison after being held there for nearly five months, he says he feels safer when he's within four walls. Estrella was detained on September 9, 2024, at the Cúcuta, Colombia, border with Venezuela, while trying to enter the…
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