The United States government issued an alert on Tuesday that urges its citizens not to travel under any reason to Venezuela and to immediately abandon that country due to the high risk of arbitrary arrests.
In a statement, the State Department confirmed that it maintains the travel alert to Venezuela at level 4, the highest, due to “serious risks, such as unfair detention, torture during detention, terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary police practices, violent crimes, civil disturbances and deficiencies in medical care”.
According to the official note, Venezuela is the country with the largest number of American citizens detained unfairly.
“American citizens in Venezuela face a significant and growing risk of unfair detention,” said the State Department.
Donald Trump’s government recalled that the United States does not have an embassy or consulates in Venezuela, so he cannot offer consular assistance to its citizens within the country.
In addition, he denounced that the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro does not inform the US government when one of its citizens is arrested.
For all these reasons, the State Department recommends not traveling to Venezuela “for any reason” and asks US citizens or legal residents in the US to find themselves there to leave the country immediately.
“Double nationality, a Venezuelan visa, having previously traveled to Venezuela or performing a job in that country does not offer any protection to US citizens,” the statement warned.
They release a former jailed American military
On Saturday, the Chavista dictatorship confirmed the delivery to the United States authorities of former military Joseph St. Clair, who was imprisoned in Caracas, the capital of the Caribbean country, after being accused of entering Venezuelan territory to commit “terrorist acts” in November 2024.
“Yesterday a citizen of American nationality was delivered who came to Venezuela to commit terrorist acts,” said Venezuelan Interior Minister, Diosdado Cabello, during his program ‘With the deck giving’, where he explained that it is a pilot of the United States Air Force, who “was grabbed in the south” and that “he did not come precisely to do a Pínic.”
In this regard, he assured that the army veteran “had been in Ukraine, as he said” and stressed that, once stopped after crossing the border through the passage of Zulia, in the west of the country, “a story was invented that does not come to tell.”
In January, Lucas Hunter, a 37 -year -old American citizen who has dual nationality (also has the French), was arrested in Venezuela by military.
Lucas Hunter, a 37 -year -old American citizen who has dual nationality (also has the French), was arrested in Venezuela by military, according to information revealed by his sister.
Lucas Hunter’s initial plan was to enjoy a two and a half weeks vacation, which were going to be dedicated to his passion for the Kitesurf.
However, his journey took an unexpected turn when, while traveling on a motorcycle through Paraguachón, in La Guajira, he approached the border with Venezuela and was arrested by military from that country. Source: Infobae
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