{"id":79683,"date":"2018-05-27T09:53:58","date_gmt":"2018-05-27T13:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=79683"},"modified":"2018-05-27T09:53:58","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T13:53:58","slug":"josh-thamy-holt-released-from-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=79683","title":{"rendered":"Josh &#038; Thamy Holt released from Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=79684\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-79684\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/holt-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/holt-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/holt-392x333.jpg 392w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/holt.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reunited. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lb43PfEVXQ\">pic.twitter.com\/Lb43PfEVXQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/senorrinhatch\/status\/1000516747835912192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/05\/26\/politics\/trump-josh-holt-venezuela-freed\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>, Josh &#038; Thamy Holt were released from imprisonment in Venezuela after two years. The Trump Administration says that they did not give up anything to the Madura government in exchange for their release;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Holt traveled to Venezuela in June 2016 to marry Venezuelan Thamara Cale\u00f1o, according to news reports. He was arrested shortly afterward and accused by the Venezuelan government of stockpiling weapons and attempting to destabilize the government, according to The Washington Post. Holt was held for nearly two years without standing trial.<\/p>\n<p>Holt and his wife were freed overnight and released to the US Embassy in Caracas, according to Foro Penal, a human rights organization of lawyers and others who assist political prisoners in Venezuela. The couple was joined by Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee as they flew back to the US on Saturday afternoon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">42 years of Senate service, this image will forever be a highlight. ??<\/p>\n<p>Wouldn\u2019t have happened without talented diplomats at State, voices like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMiaLove?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepMiaLove<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenBobCorker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenBobCorker<\/a> and his team, local media who never let anyone forget.. <\/p>\n<p>and the incredible faith of the Holts.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/utpol?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#utpol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cqp4JVdz5H\">pic.twitter.com\/cqp4JVdz5H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/senorrinhatch\/status\/1000717903820443649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Holt, a Utah native, arrived at the White House with his wife, Thamy, who had also been imprisoned, shortly after flying back from Venezuela. After the flight landed, Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, who said earlier in the day that his office helped secure Holt&#8217;s release, posted a video to Twitter showing Holt reuniting with his family.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks from the White House, Trump thanked Hatch along with Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker, Utah Sen. Mike Lee and Rep. Mia Love of Utah. The President also took the opportunity to highlight the release of other Americans held prisoner abroad, including the recent release of three Americans who had been detained by North Korea.<br \/>\n&#8220;You were a tough one, I have to tell you, that was a tough situation,&#8221; the President said to Holt, adding that he is &#8220;very proud&#8221; of the administration&#8217;s overall track record.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reunited. pic.twitter.com\/Lb43PfEVXQ &mdash; Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) May 26, 2018 According to CNN, Josh &#038; Thamy &hellip; <a title=\"Josh &#038; Thamy Holt released from Venezuela\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=79683\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Josh &#038; Thamy Holt released from Venezuela<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[170],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-who-knows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/79684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}