American citizens must not travel to Venezuela as they face an “extremely high” risk of being wrongfully detained by the country’s regime, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a July 23 post on X.
“As of Friday evening, there are no wrongfully detained Americans in Venezuela, and we want to keep it that way,” she said.
“We are committed to doing everything we can to prevent one American national from being wrongfully detained by the Venezuelan regime ever again. To this end, I want to reiterate our clear warning—no one should go to Venezuela.
“We have the risk certainly of wrongful detention, of Americans, of dual nationals, of lawful permanent residents. Whoever you are, don’t go there. The risk is extremely high.”…