The U.S. in 2020 charged Maduro and his allies with drug trafficking. Venezuela's communications ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Trump administration said it was protecting Americans unjustly held abroad. One of the rescued men, Dahud Hanid Ortiz, ...

The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced restrictions on the so-called "Cartel of the Suns," classing ...