A Venezuelan national who took three U.S. citizens hostage in the Dominican Republic in 2022 was sentenced Monday to 25 years in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia announced.
The governor is offering up to $5,000 for each one of the suspects. Last week he declared the Venezuelan-born gang a "foreign terrorist group"
The men – documented members of the extremist faction of Las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias – were convicted of conspiring and attempting to murder U.S. soldiers in a June 2021 targeted attack.
Election board on Tuesday allowed the opposition to iniate referendum to recall president Nicolás Maduro off his seat. The president's popularity has plunged deeply amid economic problem from recession and inflation.
