President Donald Trump said on May 13 that he will ensure the release of all remaining political prisoners from Venezuelan jails.
Before he boarded a plane taking him on his state visit to China, Trump was asked about the fate of political prisoners in Venezuela and whether he would get them all released.
“We’ll do it. We’re going to get them all out,” Trump said. “As you know … they let a lot of the political prisoners out, and the rest will be [let out].”
On Jan. 23, Delcy Rodríguez, the former Venezuelan vice president who has led the country since the socialist Nicolás Maduro was ousted on Jan. 3, said that 626 people had been released from prison….