WASHINGTON — Senior officials in the Biden administration traveled to Caracas on Monday to discuss “the welfare and safety of U.S. nationals in Venezuela,” a State Department official told the Miami Herald.
The visit by Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens and Ambassador Jimmy Story was the second visit of its kind since March, when they secured the release of two U.S. citizens detained by Venezuelan authorities.
Eight U.S. citizens remain imprisoned in Venezuela, and their families have called on the Biden administration to prioritize their release. President Joe Biden has said he is willing to engage the country’s autocratic leader, Nicolás Maduro, in further talks over their freedom.
