CITGO Six – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:51:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png CITGO Six – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 Venezuela Has Freed 2 Detained Americans https://onvenezuela.com/13773-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=13773-2 Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:19:15 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=13773

The Venezuelan government has freed two jailed Americans, including an oil executive imprisoned alongside colleagues for more than four years, as it seeks to improve relations with the Biden administration amid Russia’s war with Ukraine, the White House announced Tuesday night. By E.Tucker, Regina García and J.Goodman. Full Text-> USNews

Traducción de cortesía -> El gobierno venezolano liberó a dos estadounidenses encarcelados, incluido un ejecutivo petrolero encarcelado junto a sus colegas durante más de cuatro años, mientras busca mejorar las relaciones con la administración Biden en medio de la guerra de Rusia con Ucrania, anunció la Casa Blanca el martes por la noche.

Traducción al español -> Google Translación

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Venezuela sought to swap Americans for Maduro ally https://onvenezuela.com/venezuela-sought-to-swap-americans-for-maduro-ally/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuela-sought-to-swap-americans-for-maduro-ally Thu, 28 Oct 2021 19:21:37 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=11861

“There was no way we were going to swap for Saab. Grenell and the others had absolutely no authority to offer that,” said Elliott Abrams, who served as the U.S. special representative for Venezuela under Trump. “The move to detain and try Saab was an all-of-government interagency effort. These freelancers represented no one but themselves.” by Joshua Goodman. Full Text -> APNews

Traducción de cortesía -> “De ninguna manera estaba planteado hacer un cambio por Saab. Grenell y los demás no tenían absolutamente ninguna autoridad para ofrecer eso ”, dijo Elliott Abrams, quien se desempeñó como representante especial de Estados Unidos para Venezuela bajo Trump. “La decisión de detener y juzgar a Saab fue un esfuerzo interinstitucional de todo el gobierno. Estos independientes no representaban a nadie más que a ellos mismos “.

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Venezuela Secret Police Return Six Citgo Executives to Prison https://onvenezuela.com/venezuela-secret-police-return-six-citgo-executives-to-prison/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuela-secret-police-return-six-citgo-executives-to-prison Sun, 17 Oct 2021 15:27:05 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=11550

Venezuela intelligence police have transferred the six Citgo Petroleum Corp. executives who where under house arrest to its headquarters, lawyers for the men said. Jose Pereira, Jose Luis Zambrano, Alirio Zambrano, Tomeu Vadell, Gustavo Cárdenas and Jorge Toledo were transferred from their homes by the government police known as Sebin, said lawyers Jesus Loreto and Diego Barboza. All were on house arrest after being sentenced to as much as 13 years in prison on corruption charges by a Venezuelan judge in November 2020. Full Text ->BNNBloomber

Traducción de cortesía -> La policía de inteligencia de Venezuela ha trasladado a los seis ejecutivos de Citgo Petroleum Corp. que estaban bajo arresto domiciliario a su sede, dijeron sus abogados. José Pereira, José Luis Zambrano, Alirio Zambrano, Tomeu Vadell, Gustavo Cárdenas y Jorge Toledo fueron trasladados de sus hogares por la policía gubernamental conocida como Sebin, dijeron los abogados Jesús Loreto y Diego Barboza. Todos estaban en arresto domiciliario después de haber sido sentenciados a hasta 13 años de prisión por cargos de corrupción por un juez venezolano en noviembre de 2020.

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Venezuelan ministers were informed of deal ‘Citgo Six’ were jailed for, documents show https://onvenezuela.com/venezuelan-ministers-were-informed-of-deal-citgo-six-were-jailed-for-documents-show/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuelan-ministers-were-informed-of-deal-citgo-six-were-jailed-for-documents-show Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:28:00 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=8201

Six executives of U.S. refiner Citgo have been jailed in Caracas on graft charges since 2017, but court documents seen by Reuters show that top Venezuelan officials were made aware of the deal that the country’s top prosecutor accused the six executives of signing in secret.By Luc Cohen. Full Text ->FinalcialPost

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