This Tuesday afternoon the release of the American prisoners, who were imprisoned by the Nicolás Maduro regime, was reported; but an hour and a half later it was learned that they were returned to their cells in El Helicoide as confirmed by Venezuelan digital media.
“At least to them (the detainees) that is what they are told, that it is a logistical issue and that they will remain imprisoned until it is resolved. But that is sadism and an exercise of power,” explained the Venezuelan lawyer and former prosecutor Zair Mundaray in a telephone conversation with the portal. Cocuyo Effect.
The former prosecutor explained that the detainees left the cells with their suitcases, boarded patrol cars and spent an hour and a half outside. After that time they were returned to El Helicoide prison.
Mundaray confirmed that the departure of Airan Berry and Luke Denman was negotiated and that, although they are back in El Helicoide, their departure would be imminent.
The non-governmental organization Coalition for Human Rights and Democracy reported This Tuesday that the Nicolás Maduro regime had released US citizens Airan Berry and Luke Denman, after reaching agreements. But the extent of these is unknown since it has not been officially reported.
It was unofficially known that the former Green Berets, sentenced to 20 years in prison in Venezuela accused of participating in Operation Gedeón, will leave Caracas possibly heading to Mexico where the exchange of prisoners between Venezuela and the United States is expected to take place.
It should be remembered that one of the detainees, Airan Berry, 44 years old, was in the United States Special Forces between 1996 and 2013. He reached the rank of engineering sergeant and served in three missions in Iraq.
For his part, Luke Denman, 37, stated in a confession that part of his work in Operation Gedeón was to take control of an airport, near Caracas, from where they intended to transport President Nicolás Maduro to the United States, where They offer a reward against him for 15 million dollars.
Rumors about Alex Saab unconfirmed
In parallel, versions have circulated according to which the Barranquilla businessman, Alex Saab, accused of being the front man of Nicolás Maduro, could be exchanged for the American prisoners, in an agreement between the government of Joe Bide and the dictatorship that governs Venezuela.
The portal TIME revealed that the Barranquilla man is still detained in Miami, according to official records of the US justice system.
Experts have unofficially indicated that the exchange could take place in the next few hours.
Source: Writing
