‘Welcome to Hell’: Five Months in a Venezuelan Prison‘Welcome to Hell’: Five Months in a Venezuelan Prison

欢迎光临地狱:在委内瑞拉监狱的五个月

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2025-03-18

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They were American tourists hoping for a good time, they said. Then they became captives of an autocratic government.
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  • It was the afternoon of January 31st.

  • I was trying to stay away from.

  • The news because I was on vacation.

  • And I get a text message from a source saying, have you seen the news in Venezuela?

  • I'm hearing that maybe some of the American prisoners could be coming home.

  • Six Americans detained in Venezuela are heading back home to the US this week.

  • And lo and behold, that is what happens.

  • Just a few hours later, a Special.

  • Missions envoy accompanying the six posted pictures to social media showing the group on the airplane bound for the U.S. i.

  • Immediately recognized one of the guys in the photo.

  • I knew he was an American.

  • I knew his name

  • because I had actually been speaking to one of his relatives for a story about American detainees in Venezuela.

  • But nobody that I was talking to.

  • Knew when these prisoners were going to be released.

  • And I wanted to know what is going on.

  • I'm Julie Turkowitz.

  • I'm the Andes Beer chief for the.

  • Times, and I cover and write a lot about Venezuela.

  • This story begins in September when I. Started to notice that the Venezuelan government.