US demands visits with oil executives jailed in Venezuela
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November 24, 2017
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — U.S. diplomats are demanding that Venezuela give them immediate access to jailed oil executives who hold American passports.
The State Department said in a statement Friday that the U.S. Embassy in Caracas made the request to the government under international law.
It follows this week's arrest of six high-ranking executives from Citgo, a Houston-based subsidiary of Venezuela's state oil company. Venezuela accuses them of embezzlement stemming from a $4 billion deal to refinance bonds.
Five of the six Venezuelan executives have dual U.S. citizenship.
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