President Joe Biden had a broader message directed at all Americans to 'take precautions' and review the State Department travel advisories before traveling overseas.
freed seven Americans who had been imprisoned, including five oil executives held for almost five years, in exchange for two nephews of President Nicholas Maduro's wife who had been jailed for years by the U.S. on drug smuggling convictions.
"In July 2022, we introduced a new risk indicator to our Travel Advisories — the "D" indicator," a Sated Department spokesperson said in a statement. "This new indicator warns U.S. citizens of the risk of wrongful detention by a foreign government. We made this change to highlight the elevated risk of wrongful detention in particular countries that have engaged in this practice.
The department has not released figures on how many Americans are wrongfully detained overseas, but a report by theFriday said that a senior State Department official estimated in July that there were 40 to 50 Americans being wrongfully detained by foreign governments. The Biden administration stresses that it is doing everything it can to bring home imprisoned Americans wrongfully detained abroad.
"I don't want any American to sit wrongfully detained one extra day if we can bring that person home," Mr. Biden said Thursday.
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