Jailed Citgo executives, 5 of them U.S. citizens, are in limbo amid Venezuela turmoil

[TomSea]

They are in Venezuelan jails, not jails here in the US, that was my initial question.

Jailed Citgo executives, 5 of them U.S. citizens, are in limbo amid Venezuela turmoil
The fate of the so-called Citgo Six, as well as Citgo, the American company they work for, lies in the balance amid the power struggle in Venezuela.


Sergio Cardenas holds a photo of him and his father, detained Citgo executive Gustavo Cardenas, while sitting with his mother, Maria Elena, at their home in Katy, Texas, on Feb. 15, 2019. Gustavo Cardenas has been detained by the Venezuelan government along with five other Citgo employees since November 2017.John L Mone / AP

Feb. 19, 2019, 9:29 AM CST
By Associated Press

HOUSTON — A faint voice comes through the crackled phone line. On the other end, Tomeu Vadell, speaking from a military counterintelligence prison in Venezuela's capital, asks his daughters in Louisiana whether they've gone to church and says he plans to spend his Sunday doing pushups to keep his body and spirit intact.

The call ends abruptly after two minutes, leaving Cristina and Veronica Vadell wondering when they'll next hear from their dad, who along with five other executives from Houston-based Citgo has spent 15 months jailed in Venezuela on what their families say are trumped-up corruption charges.

"He always tells us they can take away his freedom but never his dignity," said 27-year-old Cristina, who has followed in her father's footsteps and is an oil engineer in Lake Charles, Louisiana, where she has lived most of her life.

Read more at: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/jailed-citgo-executives-5-them-u-s-citizens-are-limbo-n973041

41% of Venezuela's exported oil and gas comes.... here to the Estados Unidos, did come here, perhaps the sanctions have kicked in.

This is getting messy, I don't think we move militarily unless the Brazilians and Colombians or other types of allies want to go in.

[Fishrrman]

"This is getting messy, I don't think we move militarily unless the Brazilians and Colombians or other types of allies want to go in."

Almost-fearless prediction:
There will eventually be military intervention to topple the communist Maduro regime, and we will be on the forefront of it...

[TomSea]

They look like a nice family.

[TomSea]

https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/1097977648993718273

Fox news clip with Cruz here.

Rubio actually went down to Venezuela with the aid shipments.