A federal judge has awarded $314 million in damages to three Americans who were imprisoned and allegedly tortured by what he described as a “criminal enterprise” led by former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Jerrel Kenemore, Jason Saad and Edgar Marval were released by Maduro’s government in 2023 as part of a prisoner swap with the Biden administration that secured the freedom of Alex Saab, a businessman accused by U.S. officials of acting as a close financial ally of Maduro and who had been facing money laundering charges in the U.S.
