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Venezuela Jails Americans for ‘Spying’

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Including an American pilot.

While speaking at an “anti-imperialist” rally, Nicolas Maduro, the president of Venezuela, announced on Saturday that an unspecified number of Americans have been arrested for espionage. Included in that number, he said, was an American pilot of Latin American origin. Mauro claimed that the pilot had “all kinds of documents” and is currently being interrogated. Mauro also announced that U.S. citizens will have new visa requirements for visiting Venezuela and that the U.S. Embassy in Caracas will be downsized to stop U.S. “interference.”

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