Nicolás Maduro frees an oil manager and a tourist of Cuban origin, both of US nationality

Nicolás Maduro has released two US political prisoners as a second test of goodwill after Saturday's mini-summit in Caracas with envoys of

.

These are

, former manager of

, a US subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), sentenced to almost nine years in prison, and Cuban-American tourist

, who was arrested last year in possession of a drone toy.

Both, like the rest of the Americans imprisoned in the sinister

prison , one of the headquarters of

(Sebin), have become bargaining chips for the Bolivarian revolution from the first day of their arrest.

The Citgo Six, as they are called, were charged with corruption in 2017 and have been in and out of jail ever since.

Last year they returned to prison in retaliation for the extradition from Cape Verde to Miami of

, the alleged figurehead of

.

The

executives

, confirmed last night the release of the two political prisoners, both innocent, something that had been expected since Sunday morning.

Fernández, who complained during his confinement of "forgetting" about his case, "was unfairly detained and accused of being a terrorist, simply for carrying a drone," the coalition denounced.

Accusations of corruption fall against the oil directors, aggravated after the US administration ignored the Bolivarian government and opted for the interim presidency of

.

The other three American prisoners of the revolution are the two former Green Berets

and

, who participated in the unsuccessful 2020 Operation Gideon landing. Both reported torture during their trial, even acknowledging their torturers.

The tenth prisoner is former Marine

, who was arrested near the border on charges of preparing attacks on the electrical service.

Heath also detailed the torture he received during his detention, including beatings, electric shocks and suffocation with plastic bags.

"These releases only denote the innocence of these citizens and the use of the judicial apparatus at the service of the dictatorship," denounced opposition deputy

.

's first goodwill gesture

after the Caracas "thaw" is the reactivation of negotiations between the government and the opposition in Mexico, which had

as a key government and Russia as one of the facilitators.

240 political prisoners remain in

's dungeons , three of them of Spanish nationality:

(wife of a retired soldier of Italian origin),

(representative of an NGO that protects animals) and

(businessman about to be killed).

serve five years in prison).

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