After months of wrongful detention in Venezuela, 38-year-old Savoy Wright, along with nine other Americans, has finally been released and returned to U.S. soil. The prisoners were part of a prisoner exchange deal between the United States and Venezuela.
The exchange also involved the extradition of Leonard Francis, also known as Fat Leonard, a former military contractor who was responsible for orchestrating the largest corruption scandal in U.S. Navy history. In return, the U.S. agreed to send back Alex Saab, a close associate of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who is facing corruption and money laundering charges.
