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Offline TomSea

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Utah man jailed in Venezuela ordered to stand trial on weapons charges
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An American man who's spent the last 18 months in a Venezuelan prison must stand trial on weapons charges, a judge ruled Tuesday, dashing hopes Joshua Holt would be released and reunited with his family for Christmas.

Holt, 25, traveled to the South American country in 2016 to marry a fellow Mormon he met online. Shortly after the ceremony, however, the couple was arrested at a Caracas apartment occupied by Holt's wife's family on allegations Holt was stockpiling weapons.

Read more at: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/12/13/utah-man-jailed-in-venezuela-prison-ordered-to-stand-trial-on-weapons-charges.html

This definitely sounds like false charges to me.