Ten Americans detained in Venezuela have been released as part of a prisoner swap agreement with the United States. The sudden release took place at the San Antonio airfield in Texas, where six of the detainees disembarked from a plane accompanied by officials from the U.S. State Department. The families of the detainees weren't able to make it in time to greet them, such was the unexpectedly swift resolution.
Savoy Wright, one of the released prisoners, had been wrongfully imprisoned on terrorism charges and accused of conspiring against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Wright claimed to have been kidnapped by Venezuelan authorities and held for ransom. Reflecting on his experience, he expressed uncertainty about ever being able to leave captivity, as well as the fear of being confined in a small cell with four other people. 'Am I ever going to get out of this?' he wondered.
