Pence calls for release of Americans held in Venezuela

Vice President Mike Pence is calling on Venezuela to immediately release six American oil executives jailed for more than a year without trial.

Pence says the five citizens and one legal permanent U.S. resident are being "illegally detained" by President Nicolas Maduro. But Pence also says their immediate release is unlikely until Maduro is no longer running the Venezuelan government.

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