As a part of a serious prisoner swap between the US and Venezuela, Venezuela has arrested Leonard Glenn Francis, the fugitive protection contractor who admitted to a $35 million bribery scheme within the largest corruption scandal in U.S. navy historical past, and returned him to the U.S. together with 10 People detained by the federal government of Nicolás Maduro, Samantha Schmidt, Ana Vanessa Herrero and Craig Whitlock report for the New York Times. In alternate, President Biden has agreed to grant clemency to Alex Saab, a detailed Maduro ally who was awaiting trial in Miami on federal cash laundering fees. That is the biggest jail swap between the Biden administration and the Maduro authorities to this point. Along with the ten People, Maduro is releasing 20 Venezuelan political prisoners as a part of an settlement reached in October between the Venezuelan authorities and opposition leaders.
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