Utah Man Jailed In Venezuela Freed After Two Years

The president is expected to greet the man upon his arrival at the White House.
President Trump and Sen. Hatch appear together in December 2017. The two on Saturday announced the release of a Utah man jailed abroad.
President Trump and Sen. Hatch appear together in December 2017. The two on Saturday announced the release of a Utah man jailed abroad.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) ― The Venezuelan government on Saturday released an American, Josh Holt, who it has held since 2016 on weapons charges, U.S. President Donald Trump and Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch (R) said in separate posts on Twitter.

Holt, a Utah citizen, and his wife Thamy, were returning to the United States and were expected to arrive in Washington on Saturday evening, Trump tweeted. Hatch posted a statement saying the release was the culmination of two years of hard work.

“Over the last two years I’ve worked with two Presidential administrations, countless diplomatic contacts, ambassadors from all over the world, a network of contacts in Venezuela, and President Maduro himself, and I could not be more honored to be able to reunite Josh with his sweet, long-suffering family in Riverton,” the senator said in a statement.

HuffPost contributed additional information to this report.

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