The mother of one of three American citizens who will return to the country after being traded for unidentified Chinese citizens under custody is ecstatic after learning about the deal, which will spare Mark Swidan from being executed in the Asian country.
"I'm just elated and excited, I can't even believe it," Swidan's mother told POLITICO on Wednesday after being notified of the development by administration officials. Her son, a Texas native, was arrested in 2012 and accused of manufacturing and trafficking narcotics.
