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In this image provided by the Holt family, Joshua Holt, his wife Thamara and her daughter Marian Leal, board a plane at the airport in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, May 26, 2018. Jailed in Venezuela on weapons charges nearly two years ago, Holt was released Saturday after a U.S. senator pressed for his freedom in a surprise meeting with President Nicolas Maduro.
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In this image provided by the Holt family, Joshua Holt poses for a photo with his wife Thamara and her daughter Marian Leal, at the airport in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, May 26, 2018. Jailed in Venezuela on weapons charges nearly two years ago, Holt was released Saturday after a U.S. senator pressed for his freedom in a surprise meeting with President Nicolas Maduro.
While the day Josh Holt is expected to return home to this south Salt Lake County community was still a little up in the air Sunday, family, friends, neighbors and even strangers worked to ensure that whenever he does arrive, he'll be greeted with a visual reminder that he was never forgotten. A two-year ordeal for the Holt and his family came to an end this weekend, after the former LDS Church missionary and his wife were released early Saturday morning from a Venezuelan prison and flown to Washington, D.C. Holt and his wife, Thamy, were met by his parents, Laurie and Jason Holt, as well as Sen. Orrin Hatch and his wife, Elaine, and then were welcomed by President Donald Trump at the White House.
'It wasn't really the vacation I was looking for': Mormon missionary, 26, jokes with President Trump as he and his ecstatic family thank him in the Oval Office after he helped secure his release from Venezuelan prison where he spent two years 'He's a sociopathic nut job': NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere 'kissed everyone on the lips', and 'treated women like pawns' says former top recruiter who exposed their branding practices Florida and Mississippi declare states of emergency as Subtropical Storm Alberto is set to make landfall and could bring up to ONE FOOT of rain and flooding Trump says he's still hopeful June 12 summit with North Korea will take place as South Korean leader reveals Kim Jong-un wants to keep Singapore date and is committed to 'complete denuclearization' President Trump claimed New York Times used 'phony' source 'who doesn't exist' for North Korea story when it was ... (more)
John Heilemann, an MSNBC analyst and journalist, told Nicolle Wallace of "Deadline: White House" on Thursday that the president's efforts to interfere with and undermine the Russia investigation are likely to come to a boil quite soon. The show's panel was discussing the day's intelligence briefing with congressional leaders, which sparked controversy after the president's attorney in the Russia probe, Emmet Flood, showed up - breaking all precedent and raising issues of serious conflicts of interest.
Joshua Holt, who traveled to Venezuela from Utah in 2016 to marry a Spanish-speaking Mormon woman but soon found himself jailed and later branded the CIA's top spy in Latin America, has been set free by the anti-American Maduro government. Holt and his wife, Thamara Caleno, arrived Saturday evening at Washington Dulles International Airport for a tearful reunion with his parents, Laurie and Jason Holt.
'It wasn't really the vacation I was looking for': Mormon missionary, 26, jokes with President Trump as he and his ecstatic family thank him in the Oval Office after he helped secure his release from Venezuelan prison where he spent two years 'He's a sociopathic nut job': NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere 'kissed everyone on the lips', and 'treated women like pawns' says former top recruiter who exposed their branding practices Florida and Mississippi declare states of emergency as Subtropical Storm Alberto is set to make landfall and could bring up to ONE FOOT of rain and flooding Trump says he's still hopeful June 12 summit with North Korea will take place as South Korean leader reveals Kim Jong-un wants to keep Singapore date and is committed to 'complete denuclearization' President Trump claimed New York Times used 'phony' source 'who doesn't exist' for North Korea story when it was ... (more)
American Joshua Holt, who has been jailed in Venezuela without a trial for two years, has been released, officials said today. Sen. Orrin Hatch , R-Utah, who has advocated for Holt's release, said he's "honored" to be able to finally reunite the Utah native with his family.
An American who was held in a Venezuelan prison for nearly two years on weapons charges made it back to the U.S. Saturday evening where he was greeted by his family and President Trump. Josh Holt and his Venezuelan wife, Thamy, landed at Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C. There the couple and their daughter reunited with his family in a tearful meeting at the airport.
Joshua Holt, an American who has been jailed in Venezuela without a trial for two years, has been released, officials said on Saturday. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, who has advocated for Holt's release, said he's "honored" to be able to finally reunite the Utah native with his family.
President Donald Trump welcomed Josh Holt, an American who had been held as a prisoner in Venezuela since the summer of 2016, back to the US on Saturday night. "You've gone through a lot, more than most people could endure," the President said to Holt as the two were seated side-by-side in the Oval Office.
"This wouldn't have happened without you," Hatch said. "When you look back on your tenure during the presidency, this is just one of many great things you're doing, but it's really a great thing.
"Good news about the release of the American hostage from Venezuela," Trump tweeted. "Should be landing in D.C. this evening and be in the White House, with his family, at about 7:00 P.M. The great people of Utah will be very happy!" Holt, 26, a Utah native, traveled to Venezuela in June 2016 to marry Venezuelan Thamara Caleo, according to news reports.
A group of Venezuelan political police officers, SEBIN, with their faces covered stand on guard at the main door of SEBIN headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, May 16, 2018. American Joshua Holt, who has been jailed in Venezuela without a trial for two years, has been released, officials said today.
An American held in Venezuela for nearly two years on weapons charges has been released and is on his way home, with a pit stop at the White House. President Trump hailed the release on Twitter Saturday morning, saying Utah resident Josh Holt would land in Washington around 7 p.m. and be reunited with his family.