The US sent says that there are still Americans detained unfairly in Venezuela

President Donald Trump’s envoy for special missions, Richard Grenell, said on Monday that on his trip to Venezuela he discussed two importance for the United States: deportations of illegal immigrants and Americans arrested in the South American country.

«Not only do we recover the hostages without paying a penny and without exchanges, which is really important, but also made the Venezuelan government bring their planes to the United States to make Venezuelan illegal immigrants in our country return to Venezuela.» , he said in an interview with the journalist Megyn Kelly.

During his trip, Grenell He achieved the release of 6 stages retained in Venezuela, but said in the interview that there are another 12, that he described hostages and that they are arrested «for very little convincing charges.»

He added that it will be a priority of the Trump administration to ensure that these Americans who are still imprisoned be released.

The meeting in Caracas between Grenell and Maduro was remarkable, since Washington does not officially recognize his government. Opposition leaders in Venezuela have accused him of stealing last year’s elections.

Meanwhile, the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, in an interview with Fox News, said that recognizing Maduro’s government is not something that is being discussed, and that Maduro “has released Americans who should never have been in his prisons ”. «They were hostages,» he added.

Meanwhile, Venezuela’s opposition leader, María Corina Machado, said Monday, after Grenelll’s visit to Caracas, which is «positive» that there is a communication channel between Washington and Maduro, whose re -election re -election of fraud.

«I think Trump’s administration has a very clear way to say what he thinks, I have no doubt that this was transmitted (Maduro’s government),» he said during a virtual press conference.

However, he added that «the image» of Maduro with Grenelll «has had a terrible impact on Venezuelans.»

Machado also said that he spoke with Grenell before his trip and while he was in Venezuela, but said that the «content» of the conversations is «confidential.»

«This is a matter of Venezuelans and we direct Venezuelans, but we need the allies executing key actions and we will achieve it,» he said.