A State Department official said Venezuela must take back “Venezuelan criminals and gangs” and release American “hostages” immediately.

Venezuela has freed six US detainees after talks in Caracas between President Nicolás Maduro and a senior Trump administration official. The release of the men was announced on social media by Donald Trump and his special envoy, Richard Grenell.

U.S. presses for release of 15 American detainees, offering to continue sanction- exemptions for U.S. oil companies.