In July, the State Department added a new risk factor to its travel advisories, warning U.S. citizens traveling abroad of the possibility they could be wrongfully detained by a foreign country's government.
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.
The State Department already labels Burma, China, Iran, Venezuela, North Korea and Russia as"do not travel" countries, its most serious travel advisory label.
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