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Washington: The United States has reached a deal to secure the release of 10 citizens from Venezuela, including six people who it said had been wrongfully detained, a senior administration official told reporters on Wednesday.
As part of the agreement, US President Joe Biden agreed to grant clemency to Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman and ally of President Nicolas Maduro who was in a Miami jail awaiting trial on a charge of money laundering.
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