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

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

Six Americans who had been detained in Venezuela were freed by the government of President Nicolas Maduro after he met with a Trump administration official on Friday. US President Donald Trump and his envoy for special missions Richard Grenell announced the release of the six men on social media.