U.S. senators call on Venezuela to release jailed Citgo executives

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U.S. senators call on Venezuela to release jailed Citgo executives
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U.S. Republican Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn on Thursday pressed Venezuelan...

The Citgo Petroleum Corporation headquarters are pictured in Houston, Texas, U.S., February 19, 2019. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

The former top employees of Venezuelan PDVSA’s refining subsidiary, most of whom are U.S. citizens, were arrested in late 2017 and accused of embezzlement and money laundering linked to talks to refinance Citgo’s debt. The Venezuelan government is battling over Citgo with a group led by Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido, which has appointed its own board to run Citgo.

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